Using medication utilization information to develop an asthma severity classification model
Abstract Background Claims data are currently widely used as source data in asthma studies. However, the insufficient information in claims data related to level of asthma severity may negatively impact study findings. The present study develops and validates an asthma severity classification model...
Main Authors: | Tsung-Hsien Yu, Pin-Kuei Fu, Yu-Chi Tung |
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Format: | Article |
Language: | English |
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BMC
2017-12-01
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Series: | BMC Medical Informatics and Decision Making |
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Online Access: | http://link.springer.com/article/10.1186/s12911-017-0571-9 |
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