Low positive predictive value of International Classification of Diseases, 10th Revision codes in relation to rheumatic heart disease: a challenge for global surveillance

Corresponding Author

Judith M. Katzenellenbogen

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School of Population and Global Health, The University of Western Australia, Perth, Western Australia, Australia

Telethon Kids Institute, The University of Western Australia, Perth, Western Australia, Australia

Correspondence

Judith M. Katzenellenbogen, School of Population and Global Health, The University of Western Australia, 35 Stirling Highway, Crawley, GPO Box U1987, Perth, WA 6009, Australia.

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Lee Nedkoff

School of Population and Global Health, The University of Western Australia, Perth, Western Australia, Australia

Jeffrey Cannon

Telethon Kids Institute, The University of Western Australia, Perth, Western Australia, Australia

Deborah Kruger

School of Population and Global Health, The University of Western Australia, Perth, Western Australia, Australia

Filippa Pretty

National Centre for Classification in Health, Faculty of Health Sciences, The University of Sydney, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia

Jonathan R. Carapetis

Telethon Kids Institute, The University of Western Australia, Perth, Western Australia, Australia

Perth Children's Hospital, Perth, Western Australia, Australia

Karen E. Dempsey

Menzies School of Health Research, Charles Darwin University, Darwin, Northern Territory, Australia

Jess De Dassel

Menzies School of Health Research, Charles Darwin University, Darwin, Northern Territory, Australia

Mellise Anderson

Cairns and Hinterland Hospital and Health Service, Cairns, Queensland, Australia

Nicholas de Klerk

Telethon Kids Institute, The University of Western Australia, Perth, Western Australia, Australia

Joseph Hung

Medical School, The University of Western Australia, Perth, Western Australia, Australia