Are severe hypoglycemic episodes in diabetes correctly identified by administrative data? Evidence of underreporting from the HYPOTHESIS study

Acta Diabetol. 2016 Aug;53(4):677-80. doi: 10.1007/s00592-016-0844-2. Epub 2016 Feb 15.

¹ Unit of Metabolic Diseases & Clinical Dietetics, Department of Medical and Surgical Sciences, University of Bologna, Via Massarenti 9, 40138, Bologna, Italy. veronese.giacomo@gmail.com.
² Department of Emergency Medicine, Ospedale Niguarda Ca' Granda, University of Milano-Bicocca, Milan, Italy. veronese.giacomo@gmail.com.
³ Unit of Metabolic Diseases & Clinical Dietetics, Department of Medical and Surgical Sciences, University of Bologna, Via Massarenti 9, 40138, Bologna, Italy.
⁴ Department of Emergency Medicine, Morgagni-Pierantoni Hospital, Forlì, Italy.

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Keywords: Accuracy; Administrative data; Diabetes; Hypoglycemia.