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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2012 Jan 1.
Published in final edited form as: J Am Med Dir Assoc. 2010 Aug 7;12(1):38–43. doi: 10.1016/j.jamda.2010.02.001

Table 1.

Agreement between MDS and MEDPAR on hospitalizations of nursing home residents

State MDS Hospital Related Discharges False negative error rate(%)a False positive error rate(%)b False positive error rate(%)c
California 48,785 11.9 13.0 11.8
New York 57,933 10.7 12.0 11.2
Ohio 47,085 6.8 14.2 12.1
Texas 53,751 19.5 15.7 12.7
a

False negative error rate=100(1-sensitivity)

b

False positive error rate=100(1-positive predictive value)

c

MDS discharge date matches MEDPAR admission date, but MEDPAR admissions types are not restricted to the three types in our selection criteria(acute, rehabilitative or psychiatric)