Open AccessValidity of diagnoses, procedures, and laboratory data in Japanese administrative data
Author(s) -
Hayato Yamana,
Mutsuko Moriwaki,
Hiromasa Horiguchi,
Mariko Kodan,
Kiyohide Fushimi,
Hideo Yasunaga
Publication year - 2017
Publication title -
journal of epidemiology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.679
H-Index - 74
eISSN - 1349-9092
pISSN - 0917-5040
DOI - 10.1016/j.je.2016.09.009
Subject(s) - medical diagnosis , medicine , chart , medical record , gold standard (test) , statistics , surgery , pathology , mathematics
Validation of recorded data is a prerequisite for studies that utilize administrative databases. The present study evaluated the validity of diagnoses and procedure records in the Japanese Diagnosis Procedure Combination (DPC) data, along with laboratory test results in the newly-introduced Standardized Structured Medical Record Information Exchange (SS-MIX) data.