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Incidence of hospital-acquired venous thromboembolic codes in medical patients hospitalized in academic medical centers.
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Abstract
Hospital-acquired venous thromboembolism (HA-VTE, VTE occurring during a hospitalization) codes in hospital billing data are often used as a surrogate for hospital-associated VTE events occurring during or up to 30 days after a hospitalization, which are more difficult to measure.