Technical evaluation of methods for identifying chemotherapy-induced febrile neutropenia in healthcare claims databases

• Main Authors: Weycker Derek (Author), Sofrygin Oleg (Author), Seefeld Kim (Author), Deeter Robert G (Author), Legg Jason (Author), Edelsberg John (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: BMC, 2013-02-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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<p>Abstract</p> <p>Background</p> <p>Healthcare claims databases have been used in several studies to characterize the risk and burden of chemotherapy-induced febrile neutropenia (FN) and effectiveness of colony-stimulating factors against FN. The accuracy of methods pr...