Open AccessDoes a Code for Acute Myocardial Infarction Mean the Same in All Norwegian Hospitals? A Likelihood Approach to a Medical Record Review
Author(s) -
Jon Helgeland,
Doris Tove Kristoffersen,
Katrine Damgaard Skyrud
Publication year - 2022
Publication title -
clinical epidemiology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.868
H-Index - 58
ISSN - 1179-1349
DOI - 10.2147/clep.s369763
Subject(s) - medicine , myocardial infarction , norwegian , emergency medicine , epidemiology , medical record , diagnosis code , population , environmental health , linguistics , philosophy
Health registries are important data sources for epidemiology, quality monitoring, and improvement. Acute myocardial infarction (AMI) is a common, serious condition. Little is known about variation in the positive predictive value (PPV) of a coded AMI diagnosis and its association with hospital quality indicators. The present study aimed to investigate the relationship between PPV and registry-based 30-day mortality after AMI admission and between-hospital variation in PPV.