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A systematic review of validated methods for identifying heart failure using administrative data

JS Saczynski, SE Andrade... - ... and Drug Safety, 2012 - Wiley Online Library Purpose To identify and describe the validity of algorithms used to detect heart failure (HF) using administrative and claims data sources. Methods A systematic review of Pub Med and Iowa Drug Information Service searches of the English language was performed to identify ...

The methods and details for Mini Sentinel systematic reviews have been described elsewhere (see Mini Sentinel's systematic reviews of validated methods for identifying health outcomes using administrative and claims data: methods and lessons learned by Carnahan and Moores on page 82). The specific search strategy for the HF review can be found in the full report, which can be found at http://mini sentinel.org/foundational_activities/related_projects/default.aspx. Briefly, Pub Med and Iowa Drug Information Service (IDIS) searches were performed to identify studies published between 1990 and June 2010 that evaluated the validity of algorithms for identifying HF in administrative and claims data. Certain search terms related to administrative and claims data are described in detail by Carnahan and Moores on page 82 and were included in all Mini Sentinel systematic review searches. In addition to these key words, the following Pub Med search terms were used for the HF report: Heart Failure [Mesh]. In addition, the IDIS search included specification of the following terms: 428. (Note: 428 includes failure, heart NEC; failure, heart, congestive; failure, heart, left; failure, heart, systolic; and failure, heart, diastolic.) Mini Sentinel collaborators were requested to identify any published or unpublished work that validated an algorithm to identify HF in administrative and claims data.