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SUBMITTER: Simpson AN
PROVIDER: S-EPMC6615407 | biostudies-literature | 2018 Apr
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Simpson Annie N AN Wilmskoetter Janina J Hong Ickpyo I Li Chih-Ying CY Jauch Edward C EC Bonilha Heather S HS Anderson Kelly K Harvey Jillian J Simpson Kit N KN
Journal of comparative effectiveness research 20171023 4
<h4>Aim</h4>Current stroke severity scales cannot be used for archival data. We develop and validate a measure of stroke severity at hospital discharge (Stroke Administrative Severity Index [SASI]) for use in billing data.<h4>Methods</h4>We used the NIH Stroke Scale (NIHSS) as the theoretical framework and identified 285 relevant International Classification of Diseases, 9th Revision diagnosis and procedure codes, grouping them into 23 indicator variables using cluster analysis. A 60% sample of ...[more]