Validation Study of Diabetes Definitions Using Japanese Diagnosis Procedure Combination Data Among Hospitalized Patients.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Validation studies of diabetes definitions using nationwide healthcare databases are scarce. We evaluated the validity of diabetes definitions using disease codes and antidiabetic drug prescriptions in the Japanese Diagnosis Procedure Combination (DPC) data via medical chart review.

Methods

We randomly selected 500 records among 15,334 patients who participated in the Japan Public Health Center-Based Prospective Study for the Next Generation in Yokote City and who had visited a general hospital in Akita between October 2011 and August 2018. Of the 500 patients, 98 were linked to DPC data; however, only 72 had sufficient information in the medical chart. Gold standard confirmation was performed by board-certified diabetologists. DPC-based diabetes definitions were

SUBMITTER: Kanehara R 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9939922 | biostudies-literature | 2023 Apr

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature