Diagnostic E-codes for commonly used, narrow therapeutic index medications poorly predict adverse drug events.

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Published in J Clin Epidemiol on February 14, 2008

Authors

Charles E Leonard1, Kevin Haynes, A Russell Localio, Sean Hennessy, Jennifer Tjia, Abigail Cohen, Stephen E Kimmel, Harold I Feldman, Joshua P Metlay

Author Affiliations

1: Center for Clinical Epidemiology & Biostatistics, Department of Biostatistics & Epidemiology, University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine, Philadelphia, PA 19104-6021, USA. celeonar@mail.med.upenn.edu

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