Development of a comorbidity index using physician claims data

Journal of Clinical Epidemiology

Volumn 53, Issue 12, 2000, Pages 1258-1267

  Klabunde, Carrie N ^a   Potosky, Arnold L ^a   Legler, Julie M ^a   Warren, Joan L ^a  

^a NATIONAL CANCER INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

Administrative data; Breast cancer; Claims data; Comorbidity; Medicare; Prostate cancer

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BREAST CANCER; CANCER EPIDEMIOLOGY; COMORBIDITY; DATA ANALYSIS; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; MEDICARE; MORTALITY; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSTATE CANCER;

BREAST NEOPLASMS; COHORT STUDIES; COMORBIDITY; DIAGNOSIS-RELATED GROUPS; FEMALE; HUMANS; INSURANCE CLAIM REVIEW; INSURANCE, PHYSICIAN SERVICES; MALE; MEDICARE; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; PREVALENCE; PROPORTIONAL HAZARDS MODELS; PROSTATIC NEOPLASMS; UNITED STATES;

EID: 0034531923     PISSN: 08954356     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0895-4356(00)00256-0     Document Type: Article

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