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Diagnostic Algorithms for Cardiovascular Death in Administrative Claims Databases: A Systematic Review

Basic Details
Date
Friday, November 23, 2018
Type
Publication
Description

Valid algorithms for identification of cardiovascular (CV) deaths allow researchers to reliably assess the CV safety of medications, which is of importance to regulatory science, patient safety, and public health. The aim of this article was to conduct a systematic review of algorithms to identify CV death in administrative health plan claims databases.

Materials

Drug Saf. 23 Nov 2018. doi: 10.1007/s40264-018-0754-z

Related Assessment(s)
2018 ICPE Poster: Diagnostic Algorithms for Identification of Cardiovascular Death in Administrative Claims Databases: A Systematic Review
Death Data Exploration
Sentinel Drug Analysis: Death Data Exploration: A Descriptive Analysis
Author(s)

Sonal Singh, Hassan Fouayzi, Kathryn Anzuoni, Leah Goldman, Jea Young Min, Marie Griffin, Carlos G. Grijalva, James A. Morrow, Christine C. Whitmore, Charles E. Leonard, Mano Selvan, Vinit Nair, Yunping Zhou, Sengwee Toh, Andrew Petrone, James Williams, Elnara Fazio-Eynullayeva, Richard Swain, D. Tyler Coyle, Susan Andrade

Corresponding Author

Sonal Singh, Department of Family Medicine and Community
Health and Meyers Primary Care Institute, University of Massachusetts Medical School, 55 Lake Ave N, Worcester, MA, USA. Email: Sonal.Singh@umassmemorial.org