title: Good agreement between self-report and centralized hospitalizations data for arthritis-related surgeries.
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  To examine the level of agreement between self-reported and hospital administration records of arthritis-related surgeries for two large samples of community-dwelling older women in Australia, born between 1921-1926 and 1946-1951.
  
  
  METHODS
  Self-report survey data from the Australian Longitudinal Study on Women's Health was linked to inpatient hospital data from the New South Wales Admitted Patient Data Collection. Levels of agreement were compared using Cohen's kappa, sensitivity, specificity, and positive and negative predictive values. Reasons for false positives were examined.
  
  
  RESULTS
  This study found good agreement (kappa >0.70; sensitivity and specificity >0.80) between self-report and hospitalizations data for arthritis-related surgeries.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  This study provides new evidence for good agreement between self-reported health survey data and administrative records of arthritis-related joint procedures, and supports the use of self-report surveys in epidemiological studies of joint procedures where administrative data are either not available or not readily accessible, or where more extensive contextual information is needed. The use of health survey data in conjunction with administrative data has an important role to play in public health planning and policy.
authors.affiliation: Central Queensland University, Health Collaborative Research Network, Building 19/Room 3.29, Bruce Highway, Rockhampton, Queensland 4702, Australia. l.parkinson@cqu.edu.au
authors.forename: Lynne
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Parkinson
authors.forename: Cassie
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Curryer
authors.forename: Alison
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Gibberd
authors.forename: Michelle
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Cunich
authors.forename: Julie E
authors.initials: JE
authors.lastname: Byles
mesh_terms: D000368:Aged; D001168:Arthritis / Q000601:surgery*; D019644:Arthroplasty, Replacement, Hip / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D019645:Arthroplasty, Replacement, Knee / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D005260:Female; D006306:Health Surveys; D006753:Hospital Records; D006760:Hospitalization / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D006801:Humans; D008137:Longitudinal Studies; D008875:Middle Aged; D009517:New South Wales; D015203:Reproducibility of Results; D057566:Self Report
keywords: Arthroplasty; Health surveys; Hip; Knee; Medical record linkage; Replacement; Self-report