Strategies for improving comorbidity measures based on Medicare and Medicaid claims data

Journal of Clinical Epidemiology

Volumn 53, Issue 6, 2000, Pages 571-578

  Wang, Philip S ^a,b   Walker, Alexander ^b   Tsuang, Ming ^b,c   Orav, E John ^a   Levin, Raisa ^a   Avorn, Jerry ^a  

^a BRIGHAM AND WOMEN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

^b HARVARD SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^c HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

Author keywords

Claims; Comorbidity; Medicaid; Medicare; Mortality; Prediction

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BREAST CANCER; COMORBIDITY; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE UTILIZATION; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; MEDICAID; MEDICARE; MORTALITY; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; AMBULATORY CARE; BREAST NEOPLASMS; COMORBIDITY; FEMALE; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMANS; INSURANCE CLAIM REVIEW; LOGISTIC MODELS; MEDICAID; MEDICARE; MIDDLE AGED; NEW JERSEY; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SEER PROGRAM; UNITED STATES;

EID: 0034086083     PISSN: 08954356     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0895-4356(00)00222-5     Document Type: Article

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