Finding incident breast cancer cases through US claims data and a state cancer registry

Cancer Causes and Control

Volumn 12, Issue 3, 2001, Pages 257-265

  Wang, P S ^a   Walker, A M ^b   Tsuang, M T ^b,c   Orav, E J ^a   Levin, R ^a   Avorn, J ^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

Breast cancer; Cancer diagnoses; Cancer registries; Medicaid; Medicare

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BREAST CANCER; CANCER DIAGNOSIS; CANCER EPIDEMIOLOGY; CANCER INCIDENCE; CANCER REGISTRY; FEMALE; HEALTH INSURANCE; HIGH RISK POPULATION; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MEDICAID; MEDICARE; POPULATION RESEARCH; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ADULT; AGED; BREAST NEOPLASMS; FEMALE; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; INSURANCE CLAIM REPORTING; MASS SCREENING; MEDICAID; MEDICAL RECORD LINKAGE; MEDICARE; MIDDLE AGED; NEW JERSEY; REGISTRIES; RISK FACTORS; UNITED STATES;

EID: 0034987282     PISSN: 09575243     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1011204704153     Document Type: Article

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