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Fig. 2 | BMC Psychiatry

Fig. 2

From: Can mental health diagnoses in administrative data be used for research? A systematic review of the accuracy of routinely collected diagnoses

Fig. 2

Forest Plot of positive predictive value (PPV) of routine diagnoses for the respective research diagnosis at a chapter level chapter-level. Whiskers represent 95 % confidence intervals. Sorted by diagnosis (also indicated by shape), then prevalence in the sample prev. Diagnosis has been converted to nearest ICD-10 equivalent, with original code indicated. Size of marker represents square root of complete sample size N. Inpatient (Inpt), Outpatient (Opt) or mixed (I/O) origin of data indicated, with studies using only inpatient diagnoses also having filled marker. Studies using only people in their first episode of illness (1st) also identified. Abbreviations: Dx = disorder/disorders Sz spectrum = schizophrenia spectrum disorders

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