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Table 2 Accuracy of the two algorithms vs. the Emilia-Romagna Dialysis (ERDR) registry

From: Developing and validating an algorithm to identify incident chronic dialysis patients using administrative data

 

Algorithm 1

Algorithm 2

Incident cases identified by the algorithm

680

676

 found in ERDR, incident in 2014

571

554

 found in ERDR, incident in a different year

70

54

 not found in ERDR

39

68

Incident ERDR cases in 2014 missed by the algorithm

58

72

Percentage agreement

77.4%

74.1%

Sensitivity

90.8%

88.5%

Positive predictive value (PPV)

84.0%

82.0%