Comprehensive review of ICD-9 code accuracies to measure multimorbidity in administrative data

Abstract Background Quantifying the burden of multimorbidity for healthcare research using administrative data has been constrained. Existing measures incompletely capture chronic conditions of relevance and are narrowly focused on risk-adjustment for mortality, healthcare cost or utilization. Moreo...

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Main Authors: Melissa Y. Wei, Jamie E. Luster, Chiao-Li Chan, Lillian Min
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: BMC 2020-06-01
Series:BMC Health Services Research
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Online Access:http://link.springer.com/article/10.1186/s12913-020-05207-4