Administrative data on diagnosis and mineralocorticoid receptor antagonist prescription identified patients with primary aldosteronism in Taiwan
Journal
Journal of clinical epidemiology
Journal Volume
67
Journal Issue
10
Pages
1139–1149
Date Issued
2014-10
Author(s)
Hu, Ya-Hui
Wu, Che-Hsiung
Kao, Chih-Chin
Wang, Cheng-Yi
Yang, Wei-Shen
Lee, Hsiu-Hao
Chang, Yuan-Shian
Chen, Likwang
Abstract
To develop algorithms of locating patients with primary aldosteronism (PA) using insurance reimbursement data and to validate the algorithms using medical charts.
Subjects
Adjudication; Administrative data; Medical chart review; Mineralocorticoid receptor antagonist; Primary aldosteronism; Validation
SDGs
Other Subjects
aldosterone; mineralocorticoid antagonist; potassium; prescription drug; renin; mineralocorticoid antagonist; adult; Article; controlled study; data extraction; diagnostic accuracy; diagnostic test accuracy study; essential hypertension; feasibility study; female; high risk patient; hospital patient; human; ICD-9-CM; length of stay; major clinical study; male; medical record review; national health insurance; outpatient care; patient identification; prescription; primary hyperaldosteronism; reimbursement; sensitivity and specificity; systolic blood pressure; Taiwan; aged; algorithm; hyperaldosteronism; medical record; middle aged; prescription; reproducibility; statistics and numerical data; Adult; Aged; Algorithms; Drug Prescriptions; Female; Humans; Hyperaldosteronism; Insurance, Health, Reimbursement; Male; Medical Records; Middle Aged; Mineralocorticoid Receptor Antagonists; Reproducibility of Results; Taiwan
Type
journal article