Agreement Between Administrative Claims and the Medical Record in Identifying Patients With a Diagnosis of Hypertension

Michael Bullano, Siddhesh Kamat, Vincent J. Willey, Suna Barlas, Douglas J. Watson, Susan K. Brenneman

Medical Care · 2006 · 50 citations · 15 references

Abstract

To identify patients with HTN, a selection rule using both a diagnosis and prescription claim has greater sensitivity and specificity than a rule using a diagnosis claim only.

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