Mammography use by elderly women: A methodological comparison of two national data sources

Annals of Epidemiology

Volumn 8, Issue 7, 1998, Pages 439-444

  May, Daniel S ^a   Trontell, Anne E ^b  

^a CENTERS FOR DISEASE CONTROL AND PREVENTION   (United States)

^b Office of Research   (United States)

Author keywords

Evaluation Studies; Health Surveys; Mammography; Medicare

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; DATA ANALYSIS; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE UTILIZATION; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MAMMOGRAPHY; MEDICARE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REIMBURSEMENT; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; BIAS (EPIDEMIOLOGY); DATA COLLECTION; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE SURVEYS; HEALTH MAINTENANCE ORGANIZATIONS; HUMANS; INSURANCE CLAIM REPORTING; MAMMOGRAPHY; MEDICARE; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; UNITED STATES;

EID: 0031664564     PISSN: 10472797     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1047-2797(98)00010-6     Document Type: Article

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