Validation of Acute Myocardial Infarction Cases in the National Health Insurance Research Database in Taiwan

• Published in: Journal of epidemiology Vol. 24; no. 6; pp. 500 - 507
• Main Authors: Cheng, Ching-Lan, Lee, Cheng-Han, Chen, Po-Sheng, Li, Yi-Heng, Lin, Swu-Jane, Yang, Yea-Huei Kao
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Japan Japan Epidemiological Association 2014
• Subjects: Aged; Aged, 80 and over; Aspirin - therapeutic use; Cardiovascular Disease; Clinical Coding - standards; Clopidogrel; Cross-Sectional Studies; Data analysis; Databases, Factual; Epidemiology; Female; Heart attacks; Humans; Male; Middle Aged; Myocardial Infarction - diagnosis; Myocardial Infarction - epidemiology; Myocardial Infarction - therapy; National health insurance; National Health Programs; Original; Platelet Aggregation Inhibitors - therapeutic use; Reproducibility of Results; Taiwan - epidemiology; Ticlopidine - analogs & derivatives; Ticlopidine - therapeutic use

The aim of this study was to determine the validity of acute myocardial infarction (AMI) diagnosis coding in the National Health Insurance Research Database (NHIRD) by cross-comparisons of discharge diagnoses listed in the NHIRD with those in the medical records obtained from a medical center in Tai...