The Sensitivity of Medicare Claims Data for Case Ascertainment of Six Common Cancers

Medical Care

Volumn 37, Issue 5, 1999, Pages 436-444

  Cooper, Gregory S ^a,b,c   Yuan, Zhong ^a   Stange, Kurt C ^a,b   Dennis, Leslie K ^a,b   Amini, Saeid B ^a,b   Rimm, Alfred A ^a,b  

^a CASE WESTERN RESERVE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b CASE WESTERN RESERVE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY HOSPITALS OF CLEVELAND   (United States)

Author keywords

Breast neoplasms; Colorectal neoplasms; Endometrial neoplasms; Incidence; Lung neoplasms; Medicare; Pancreatic neoplasms; Prostatic neoplasms

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; CANCER REGISTRY; CLASSIFICATION; COHORT ANALYSIS; COMPARATIVE STUDY; ECONOMICS; FEMALE; HOSPITAL PATIENT; HUMAN; INSURANCE; MALE; MEDICARE; MIDDLE AGED; NEOPLASM; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; STATISTICS; UNITED STATES;

AGED; COHORT STUDIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; INPATIENTS; INSURANCE CLAIM REPORTING; MALE; MEDICARE PART B; MIDDLE AGED; NEOPLASMS; SEER PROGRAM; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; UNITED STATES;

EID: 0033129671     PISSN: 00257079     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00005650-199905000-00003     Document Type: Article

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