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Validating a case definition for chronic kidney disease using administrative data
Author(s) -
Paul E. Ronksley,
Marcello Tonelli,
Hude Quan,
Braden Manns,
Matthew T. James,
Fiona Clement,
Susan Samuel,
Robert R. Quinn,
Pietro Ravani,
S. Brar,
Brenda R. Hemmelgarn
Publication year - 2011
Publication title -
nephrology dialysis transplantation
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.654
H-Index - 168
eISSN - 1460-2385
pISSN - 0931-0509
DOI - 10.1093/ndt/gfr598
Subject(s) - medicine , kidney disease , renal function , creatinine , predictive value , gold standard (test) , urology
Administrative data are commonly used for surveillance of chronic medical conditions. The purpose of this study was to determine the validity of an algorithm derived from administrative data for identifying chronic kidney disease (CKD) compared to the reference standard of estimated glomerular filtration rate (eGFR).

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