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Comment
. 2019 May;69(5):2301-2302.
doi: 10.1002/hep.30343.

Letter to Editor: Using Proper Methods to Identify Patients With Cirrhosis in Administrative Databases Is Crucial to Correctly Predict Outcomes

Abdel Aziz Shaheen  1 , Mark G Swain  1
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Comment

Letter to Editor: Using Proper Methods to Identify Patients With Cirrhosis in Administrative Databases Is Crucial to Correctly Predict Outcomes

Abdel Aziz Shaheen et al. Hepatology. 2019 May.

Abstract

We would like to congratulate Mumtaz et al.1 for their important study attempting to develop and validate a risk score to predict 30-day hospital readmission in decompensated cirrhosis patients using the US nationwide readmission database (NRD). The identification of cirrhosis patients at high-risk for readmission is critical for developing processes to effectively address this problem. However, flaws in patient identification challenge the utility of the risk-score outlined in this study. This article is protected by copyright. All rights reserved.

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