Validation of influenza vaccination status using health administrative databases by integrating pharmacy claims and medical billing databases in Ontario, Canada
Combining administrative physician and pharmacy claims data in Ontario results in moderate sensitivity but very high specificity and PPV, demonstrating that they can be a valid measure of influenza vaccination status.
Authors
- Wasem Alsabbagh
- Alejandro Hernandez
- Colleen J. Maxwell (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7988-2899)
- Martin Cooke (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9518-177X)
- Razan Amoud
- Suzanne L. Tyas (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3007-3940)
- Jeffrey C. Kwong (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7820-2046)
Institutions
- University Health Network (CA)
- University of Waterloo (CA)
- University of Toronto (CA)
- Public Health Ontario (CA)
- Centre for Family Medicine (CA)
Publication Details
- Journal
- BMC Infectious Diseases
- Published
- 2025-05-04
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.1186/s12879-025-11014-1
- Citations
- 2
- Primary Topic
- Influenza Virus Research Studies
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 2.71
Funders
- Cancer Care Ontario
- Ontario Ministry of Health and Long-Term Care
- University of Toronto
- Canadian Institutes of Health Research
- Department of Family and Community Medicine, University of Toronto