| Literature DB >> 24616331 |
Richard Aplenc1,2,3,4,5, Rochelle Bagatell1,5, Ami V Desai1,2,3, Marko Kavcic1, Yuan-Shung Huang4, Nicole Herbst6, Brian T Fisher2,4,7,5, Alix E Seif1,5, Yimei Li1,2,5, Sean Hennessy2,3,6.
Abstract
International Classification of Diseases, 9th Revision (ICD-9) code(s) for neuroblastoma do not exist, preventing identification of these patients in administrative databases. To overcome this challenge, a three-step algorithm, using ICD-9 codes, exclusion criteria, and manual review of chemotherapy billing data, was utilized to assemble a high-risk neuroblastoma cohort (n = 952) from the Pediatric Health Information System (PHIS) Database and validated at a single institution [sensitivity 89.1%; positive predictive value (PPV) 96.1%]. This cohort provides a data source for future comparative effectiveness and clinical epidemiology studies in high-risk neuroblastoma patients.Entities:
Keywords: administrative database; cohort validation; neuroblastoma
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Year: 2014 PMID: 24616331 PMCID: PMC4323158 DOI: 10.1002/pbc.24930
Source DB: PubMed Journal: Pediatr Blood Cancer ISSN: 1545-5009 Impact factor: 3.167