Creation of a Novel Algorithm to Identify Patients with Becker and Duchenne Muscular Dystrophy within an Administrative Database and Application of the Algorithm to Assess Cardiovascular Morbidity

摘要

BackgroundOutcome analyses in large administrative databases are ideal for rare diseases such as Becker and Duchenne muscular dystrophy. Unfortunately, Becker and Duchenne do not yet have specific ICD-9/ICD-10 codes. We hypothesized that an algorithm could accurately identify these patients within administrative data and improve assessment of cardiovascular morbidity.