Positive predictive value of ICD-10 codes for acute myocardial infarction in Japan: a validation study at a single center

• Main Authors: Takashi Ando (Author), Nobuhiro Ooba (Author), Mayumi Mochizuki (Author), Daisuke Koide (Author), Koichi Kimura (Author), Seitetz L. Lee (Author), Soko Setoguchi (Author), Kiyoshi Kubota (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: BMC, 2018-11-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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Abstract Background In Japan, several large healthcare databases have become available for research since the early 2000's. However, validation studies to examine the accuracy of these databases remain scarce. We conducted a validation study in order to estimate the positive predictive value (P...