In addition, we relied largely on an administrative database of commercial health plans to estimate hospital costs.
Weir et al 9 in particular reported that in a case-control study, based on an administrative database of US middle-aged adults with type 2 diabetes, treatment with sitagliptin was associated with an increased probability of hospitalisation for heart failure only among patients with pre-existing heart failure.
For the most part, available population-based data on RSV are estimates based on analyses of administrative databases of hospital admissions or on review studies of specific age groups or clinical condition.
Previous studies used self-reports of diabetes incidence (16, 17), whereas diabetes prevalence was based on administrative databases of physician billing and hospital discharges (14) or on a national survey (15).
For VA treatment utilization outcomes, non-response is not an issue because we will obtain information from VA administrative databases on all randomized individuals.
9 14–19 In the present study, we aimed at developing a methodology to measure short-term complications after LC or OC using large administrative databases on behalf of the P.Re.Val.E.Val.E
We collected data from the EHR and administrative databases on age, gender, benefit type, number of chronic illnesses, distance from the nearest medical office building, utilisation of office, after-hours clinic, and ED visits, patient-initiated and scheduled telephone calls, and inpatient admissions.
The scientific committee is an ad hoc committee convened to advise the steering committee on the choice of key indicators related to diabetes care and management that could be extracted from the clinical-administrative database, on the validation of the extraction process used, and on the interpretation of the results.
The majority U.S. states maintain administrative databases to collect information on the entry, movement, and exits of youth in the foster care system, yet the power of these data to inform continuous improvement efforts remains largely untapped.
Consequently, investigators have relied on administrative databases to study population-based estimates of postoperative outcomes [ 11].
Follow-up data is difficult to obtain in outcomes research studies, which often rely on administrative databases for data acquisition.
