Pediatric medical complexity algorithm: a new method to stratify children by medical complexity.

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The goal of this study was to develop an algorithm based on International Classification of Diseases, Ninth Revision, Clinical Modification (ICD-9-CM), codes for classifying children with chronic disease (CD) according to level of medical complexity and to assess the algorithm's sensitivity and specificity.

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Journal ID (iso-abbrev): Pediatrics

Title: Pediatrics

Publisher: American Academy of Pediatrics (AAP)

ISSN (Electronic): 1098-4275

ISSN (Print): 0031-4005

Publication date (Electronic): Jun 2014

Volume: 133

Issue: 6

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[1 ] Department of Pediatrics, University of Washington/Seattle Children's Hospital, Seattle, Washington;Seattle Children's Research Institute, Seattle, Washington; tamara.simon@seattlechildrens.org.

[2 ] Research and Data Analysis Division, Washington Department of Social and Health Services, Olympia, Washington; and.

[3 ] Seattle Children's Research Institute, Seattle, Washington;

[4 ] Department of Pediatrics, University of Washington/Seattle Children's Hospital, Seattle, Washington;

[5 ] Department of Pediatrics, Children's Hospital Los Angeles, Keck School of Medicine at the University of Southern California, Los Angeles, California.

[6 ] Department of Pediatrics, University of Washington/Seattle Children's Hospital, Seattle, Washington;Seattle Children's Research Institute, Seattle, Washington;

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Publisher Item ID: peds.2013-3875

DOI: 10.1542/peds.2013-3875

PMC ID: 4035595

PubMed ID: 24819580

SO-VID: 5a284b7a-0a8e-4434-9083-7070508f9dcc

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Keywords: children,claims data,medical complexity,sensitivity,specificity,stratification,validation,administrative data

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Keywords: children, claims data, medical complexity, sensitivity, specificity, stratification, validation, administrative data

Pediatric medical complexity algorithm: a new method to stratify children by medical complexity.

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