Accuracy of administrative claims prescription fill data to estimate glucocorticoid use and dose in patients with rheumatoid arthritis
Galvao R, Curtis J, Harrold L, Wu Q, Xie F, George M. Accuracy of administrative claims prescription fill data to estimate glucocorticoid use and dose in patients with rheumatoid arthritis. Pharmacoepidemiology And Drug Safety 2023, 32: 1271-1279. PMID: 37345649, PMCID: PMC10543479, DOI: 10.1002/pds.5660.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsGlucocorticoid usePrescription fillsExposure misclassificationRheumatoid arthritisInfection riskRisk estimatesAdjusted risk ratioPhysician-reported measuresDeterministic sensitivity analysesRisk ratioMedicare studyRegistry dataClaims dataAverage doseNPV 93.6Sensitivity 88.1DoseArthritisPatientsPrescriptionRiskDosesSame periodPrior studiesMisclassification