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Table 3 Accuracy of the algorithms variants vs. the Emilia-Romagna Dialysis (ERDR) registry

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

 

Algorithm using only ASV data

Algorithm 1 with 60 days’ threshold

Algorithm 1 with 90 days’ threshold

Algorithm 2 with 60 days’ threshold

Algorithm 2 with 90 days’ threshold

Incident cases identified by the algorithm

637

697

683

711

690

 Found in ERDR, incident in 2014

534

550

542

538

531

 Found in ERDR, incident in a different year

55

67

67

51

49

 Not found in ERDR

48

80

74

122

110

Incident ERDR cases in 2014 missed by the algorithm

88

75

82

84

90

Percentage agreement

73.7%

71.2%

70.8%

67.7%

68.1%

Sensitivity

85.9%

88.0%

86.9%

86.5%

85.5%

Positive predictive value (PPV)

83.8%

78.9%

79.4%

75.7%

77.0%