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  • Health Informatics
  • Epidemiology

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  • Assessing disability status in multiple sclerosis (MS) is crucial for patient care and research.
  • Existing methods often rely on clinical data, which may not be accessible for large-scale population studies.
  • Administrative data offers a potential alternative for disability assessment in MS.

Purpose of the Study:

  • To develop and internally validate an algorithm for determining disability status in multiple sclerosis (MS) using administrative data.
  • To assess the association between MS disability, identified via administrative data algorithms, and healthcare utilization, including infection rates.

Main Methods:

  • Linked administrative data from Manitoba, Canada, with a clinical dataset containing Expanded Disability Status Scale (EDSS) scores for individuals with MS.
  • Developed candidate indicators from administrative data, including healthcare service use (home care, long-term care, rehabilitation) and diagnostic codes.
  • Employed regression modeling to create algorithms predicting severe disability (EDSS ≥6.0) and continuous disability measures, validated against clinical EDSS scores.

Main Results:

  • The study linked data for 1,767 individuals with MS. Individual administrative indicators demonstrated high specificity (>90%) for severe disability.
  • A combined algorithm using home care, long-term care, or rehabilitation admission showed a sensitivity of 61.9% and specificity of 90.76%.
  • The best regression-based algorithm for continuous EDSS prediction, incorporating age and specific administrative indicators, had a mean difference of -0.0644 from observed values.
  • Increased disability, by both clinical EDSS and administrative algorithms, was associated with higher hospitalization rates due to any cause and infection.

Conclusions:

  • An algorithm using administrative data for MS disability assessment has been successfully developed and validated.
  • This algorithm can support population-based studies lacking access to clinical disability data.
  • More severe MS disability is linked to increased healthcare use and a higher risk of infection.