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Original Research

Development and Validation of Algorithms to Identify COVID-19 Patients Using a US Electronic Health Records Database: A Retrospective Cohort Study

Carolyn A Brown1 Center for Observational Research, Amgen, Inc., Thousand Oaks, CA, USACorrespondence[email protected] [email protected]
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Ajit A Londhe1 Center for Observational Research, Amgen, Inc., Thousand Oaks, CA, USAView further author information
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Fang He1 Center for Observational Research, Amgen, Inc., Thousand Oaks, CA, USAORCID Iconhttps://orcid.org/0000-0002-4185-9079View further author information
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Alvan Cheng1 Center for Observational Research, Amgen, Inc., Thousand Oaks, CA, USAView further author information
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Junjie Ma1 Center for Observational Research, Amgen, Inc., Thousand Oaks, CA, USAView further author information
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Jie Zhang1 Center for Observational Research, Amgen, Inc., Thousand Oaks, CA, USAView further author information
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Corinne G Brooks1 Center for Observational Research, Amgen, Inc., Thousand Oaks, CA, USAView further author information
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J Michael Sprafka1 Center for Observational Research, Amgen, Inc., Thousand Oaks, CA, USA;2 Woodford Research Associates, Thousand Oaks, CA, USAView further author information
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Kimberly A Roehl1 Center for Observational Research, Amgen, Inc., Thousand Oaks, CA, USAView further author information
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Katherine B Carlson1 Center for Observational Research, Amgen, Inc., Thousand Oaks, CA, USA;3 Now with R&D Strategy, Moderna Inc., Cambridge, MA, USAView further author information
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John H Page1 Center for Observational Research, Amgen, Inc., Thousand Oaks, CA, USAView further author information
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Pages 699-709 | Published online: 23 May 2022

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