Journal article
Validity of diagnoses of SARS-CoV-2 infection in Canadian administrative health data: a multiprovince, population-based cohort study
Abstract
BACKGROUND: Accurate coding of diagnoses of SARS-CoV-2 infection in administrative data benefits population-based studies about the epidemiology, treatment and outcomes of COVID-19. We describe the validity of diagnoses of SARS-CoV-2 infection recorded in hospital discharge abstracts, emergency department records and outpatient physician service claims from 3 Canadian provinces.
METHODS: In this cohort study, population-based inpatient, …
Authors
Lix LM; Renoux C; Moriello C; Choi KL; Dormuth CR; Fisher A; Dahl M; Wu F; Asaf A; Paterson JM
Journal
CMAJ Open, Vol. 11, No. 5, pp. e790–e798
Publisher
Joule
Publication Date
9 2023
DOI
10.9778/cmajo.20220152
ISSN
2291-0026