Respiratory medicine
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Respiratory medicine · Oct 2013
Development and validation of a claims-based prediction model for COPD severity.
Administrative claims are an important data source for COPD research but lack a validated measure of patient COPD severity, which is an important determinant of treatment and outcomes. ⋯ The prediction model was developed using clinically measured COPD severity to provide researchers an approach to classify patients using claims data when clinical measures are not available.