Linked insurance-tumor registry database for health services research

Medical Care

Volumn 37, Issue 11, 1999, Pages 1105-1115

  Doebbeling, Bradley N ^a,b,c   Wyant, David K ^c   McCoy, Kimberly D ^b,c   Riggs, Sheila ^d   Woolson, Robert F ^c   Wagner, Diana ^c   Wilson, Robin T ^c   Lynch, Charles F ^c  

^a VETERANS AFFAIRS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF IOWA   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF IOWA   (United States)

^d Wellmark Blue Cross Blue Shield   (United States)

Author keywords

Breast cancer; Cancer registry; Data linkage; Epidemiology; Health services; Mammography; Preventive health services; Validity

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BREAST TUMOR; CANCER REGISTRY; CHI SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; FACTUAL DATABASE; FEMALE; HEALTH INSURANCE; HEALTH SERVICES RESEARCH; HUMAN; MEDICAL RECORD; METHODOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; REGISTER; STATISTICS; UNITED STATES;

ADULT; BREAST NEOPLASMS; CHI-SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; DATABASES, FACTUAL; FEMALE; HEALTH SERVICES RESEARCH; HUMANS; INSURANCE, HEALTH; MEDICAL RECORD LINKAGE; MIDDLE AGED; REGISTRIES; SEER PROGRAM; UNITED STATES;

EID: 0033229313     PISSN: 00257079     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00005650-199911000-00003     Document Type: Article

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