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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2019 Nov 1.
Published in final edited form as: Ann Epidemiol. 2018 Aug 23;28(11):808–811. doi: 10.1016/j.annepidem.2018.08.007

Table 2.

Positive and negative predictive values of pharmacy fill data of HCV treatment in the national VA CDW

Positive predictive value (PPV)
Negative predictive value (NPV)
Overall, % (95% CI) 98.4 (97.3, 99.5) 97.0 (93.7, 100)
By site
Atlanta 100 (100, 100) 100 (100, 100)
Bronx 99.1 (97.3, 100) 100 (100, 100)
DC 98.2 (95.7, 100) 95.0 (85.5, 100)
Houston 98.2 (95.7, 100) 90.0 (76.9, 100)
Los Angeles 96.7 (93.1, 100) 100 (100, 100)
p=0.60 p=0.51

Abbreviations: HCV - hepatitis C virus; VA - Veterans Health Administration; CDW - Corporate Data Warehouse; CI - confidence interval; DC - Washington, D.C.

Note: Fisher’s Exact tests were used to test for heterogeneity across sites