Information gained from linking SEER cancer registry data to state-level hospital discharge abstracts

Medical Care

Volumn 38, Issue 11, 2000, Pages 1131-1140

  Brooks, John M ^a   Chrischilles, Elizabeth ^a   Scott, Shane ^a   Ritho, Jane ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF IOWA   (United States)

Author keywords

Breast cancer; Comorbidities; Inpatient discharges; Insurance; Linkages; SEER

Indexed keywords

AGED; ALGORITHM; ARTICLE; BREAST TUMOR; CANCER REGISTRY; CANCER STAGING; CLINICAL PRACTICE; COMORBIDITY; DOCUMENTATION; EPIDEMIOLOGY; FEMALE; HEALTH SURVEY; HOSPITAL DISCHARGE; HUMAN; INSURANCE; MEDICAL RECORD; MEDICARE; METHODOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; PATHOLOGY; STATISTICS; UNITED STATES; VALIDATION STUDY;

ABSTRACTING AND INDEXING; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ALGORITHMS; BIAS (EPIDEMIOLOGY); BREAST NEOPLASMS; COMORBIDITY; FEMALE; HUMANS; INSURANCE CLAIM REPORTING; IOWA; MEDICAL RECORD LINKAGE; MEDICARE; MIDDLE AGED; NEOPLASM STAGING; PATIENT DISCHARGE; PHYSICIAN'S PRACTICE PATTERNS; POPULATION SURVEILLANCE; SEER PROGRAM; UNITED STATES;

EID: 0034322395     PISSN: 00257079     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00005650-200011000-00007     Document Type: Article

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