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Accuracy of syndrome definitions based on diagnoses in physician claims

Geneviève Cadieux1*, David L Buckeridge1,2, André Jacques3, Michael Libman4, Nandini Dendukuri1 and Robyn Tamblyn1,4

Author Affiliations

1 Department of Epidemiology, Biostatistics and Occupational Health, McGill University, Montreal, Canada

2 Direction de la Santé Publique de Montréal, Montreal, Canada

3 Direction de l'amélioration de l'exercice, Collège des Médecins du Québec, Montreal, Canada

4 Department of Medicine, McGill University, Montreal, Canada

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BMC Public Health 2011, 11:17 doi:10.1186/1471-2458-11-17

Published: 7 January 2011

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Additional file 1:

Positive predictive value of individual ICD-9 codes within each syndrome case definition. For all 12 syndrome case definitions investigated, the positive predictive value of diagnoses in physician claims is provided for each individual ICD-9 code.

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