Validation of coding algorithms for the identification of patients hospitalized for alcoholic hepatitis using administrative data.

Background: Epidemiologic studies of alcoholic hepatitis (AH) have been hindered by the lack of a validated International Classification of Disease (ICD) coding algorithm for use with administrative data. Our objective was to validate coding algorithms for AH using a hospitalization database.Methods...

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Published in:	BMC Gastroenterology Vol. 15; no. 1; pp. 1 - 9
Main Authors:	Jack XQ Pang, Ross, Erin, Borman, Meredith A., Zimmer, Scott, Kaplan, Gilaad G., Heitman, Steven J., Swain, Mark G., Burak, Kelly W., Hude Quan, Myers, Robert P., Pang, Jack Xq, Quan, Hude, Pang, Jack X Q
Format:	research Journal Article
Published:	BioMed Central 9/12/2015
Online Access:	View this record in EBSCOhost