Table 3.
Characteristics of Studies Addressing the Accuracy of Reported Etiology of Kidney Disease
| First Author (Publication Y) |
Clinical population | Date of study | No. pts | Stage of kidney disease |
Source of etiology data |
Source of comparison etiology data |
Agreement |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Byrne (‘91)38 | New York ESRD pts | ‘82-’87 | 8,730 | 5 | From HCFA PMMIS | ICD-9 codes from SPARCS data |
89% |
| USRDS Study Group (‘92)39 |
National ESRD & Tx pts |
‘87-’88 | 1692 | 5, also Tx | From USRDS database |
Data obtained from HD units & Tx centers |
60%; 79% when including secondary causes |
| USRDS Study Group (‘92)40 |
Michigan ESRD pts | ‘77-’87 | 10,858 | 5 | From USRDS database |
From Michigan Kidney Registry |
89% |
Abbreviations: ESRD: end-stage renal disease, HD: hemodialysis, HCFA PMMIS: Health Care Financing Administration Program Medical and Management Information System, ICD: International Classification of Diseases, SPARCS: Statewide Planning and Research Cooperative System, Tx, transplant; USRDS: United States Renal Data System.