Positive predictive value of primary inpatient discharge,diagnoses of infection among cancer patients in the Danish National Registry of Patients

摘要

Purpose: Pharmacovigilance studies of cancer treatment frequently monitor infections. Predictive values of algorithms identifying disease depend on prevalence of the disease in the population under study. We therefore estimated the positive predictive value (PPV) of primary inpatient diagnosis of infection among cancer patients in the Danish National Registry of Patients (DNRP).