Validation of asthma discrimination criteria using health insurance claims data in Japan: Additional proposals for more specific criteria

Affiliations

• ¹ Clinical Research Center for Allergy and Rheumatology, National Hospital Organization Sagamihara National Hospital, Kanagawa, Japan.
• ² Graduate School of Public Health, Shizuoka Graduate University of Public Health, Shizuoka, Japan.
• ³ JMDC Inc., Tokyo, Japan.
• ⁴ Clinical Research Center for Allergy and Rheumatology, National Hospital Organization Sagamihara National Hospital, Kanagawa, Japan; Department of Respiratory Medicine, Anjo Kosei Hospital, Anjo, Japan.
• ⁵ Clinical Research Center for Allergy and Rheumatology, National Hospital Organization Sagamihara National Hospital, Kanagawa, Japan; Center for Immunology and Allergology, Shonan Kamakura General Hospital, Kanagawa, Japan.
• ⁶ Clinical Research Center for Allergy and Rheumatology, National Hospital Organization Sagamihara National Hospital, Kanagawa, Japan. Electronic address: fukutomi.yuma.da@mail.hosp.go.jp.