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DOI: 10.1136/bmjopen-2014-006029
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A validation study of a new classification algorithm to identify rheumatoid arthritis using administrative health databases: case–control and cohort diagnostic accuracy studies. Results from the RECord linkage On Rheumatic Diseases study of the Italian Society for Rheumatology
Journal article published in 2015 by
Greta Carrara 
,
Carlo A. Scirè,
Antonella Zambon,
Marco A. Cimmino,
Carlo Cerra,
Marta Caprioli,
Giovanni Cagnotto ,
Federica Nicotra,
Andrea Arfè,
Simona Migliazza,
Giovanni Corrao,
Giovanni Minisola,
Carlomaurizio Montecucco
,
Carlo A. Scirè,
Antonella Zambon,
Marco A. Cimmino,
Carlo Cerra,
Marta Caprioli,
Giovanni Cagnotto ,
Federica Nicotra,
Andrea Arfè,
Simona Migliazza,
Giovanni Corrao,
Giovanni Minisola,
Carlomaurizio Montecucco
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Abstract
To develop and validate a new algorithm to identify patients with rheumatoid arthritis (RA) and estimate disease prevalence using administrative health databases (AHDs) of the Italian Lombardy region.