Ability of medicare claims data and cancer registries to identify cancer cases and treatment

American Journal of Epidemiology

Volumn 145, Issue 3, 1997, Pages 227-233

  McClish, Donna Katzman ^a   Penberthy, Lynne ^a   Whittemore, Martha ^a   Newschaffer, Craig ^b   Woolard, Diane ^c   Desch, Christopher E ^a   Retchin, Sheldon ^a  

^a VIRGINIA COMMONWEALTH UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b THOMAS JEFFERSON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c Department of Health ^*  (United States)

Author keywords

epidemiologic methods; incidence; Medicare; neoplasms; registries; sensitivity and specificity

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BREAST CANCER; CANCER EPIDEMIOLOGY; CANCER INCIDENCE; CANCER THERAPY; COLORECTAL CANCER; DATA ANALYSIS; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE UTILIZATION; HUMAN; LUNG CANCER; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL RECORD; MEDICARE; PROSTATE CANCER; REGISTER; UNITED STATES;

EID: 0031019613     PISSN: 00029262     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/oxfordjournals.aje.a009095     Document Type: Article

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