Detection of adverse drug events in e-prescribing and administrative health data: a validation study

Detection of adverse drug events in e-prescribing and administrative health data: a validation study

Abstract Background Administrative health data are increasingly used to detect adverse drug events (ADEs). However, the few studies evaluating diagnostic codes for ADE detection demonstrated low sensitivity, likely due to narrow code sets, physician under-recognition of ADEs, and underreporting in a...

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Main Authors: Bettina Habib, Robyn Tamblyn, Nadyne Girard, Tewodros Eguale, Allen Huang
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: BMC 2021-04-01
Series:BMC Health Services Research
Subjects:
Adverse drug event
Administrative health data
Electronic prescribing data
Validation
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1186/s12913-021-06346-y

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