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Table 2 Sensitivity of administrative databases for the index abortions when compared to the researcher-collected database

From: Validating abortion procedure coding in Canadian administrative databases

Source

Sensitivity (95 % CI)

MSP or DAD

99.1 (98.3–99.6)

MSP

97.7 (96.6–98.5)

DAD

91.9 (90.0–93.4)

  1. MSP Medical Service Plan Payment Database, DAD Discharge Abstracts Database