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Immunization
Research conducted at C.Y. Hachem and co-authors has provided new information about immunization
November 19th, 2008
" Hepatitis vaccination is recommended in patients with chronic liver disease. To validate Current Procedural Terminology (CPT) codes and drug codes for hepatitis vaccination in administrative databases and determine vaccination rates in hepatitis C virus (HCV)-infected patients in a single large Veterans Administration Medical Center," investigators in the United States report. " We calculated predictive values for hepatitis vaccination codes in a validation set of 168 patients. We then conducted a retrospective cohort study of 243 HCV-infected patients to determine rates of hepatitis vaccination and serological testing. The presence of CPT or drug codes for...
Source: Vaccine Weekly (2008-11-19)
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