Method of correction to assess the number of hospitalized incident breast cancer cases based on claims databases

Journal of Clinical Epidemiology

Volumn 55, Issue 4, 2002, Pages 386-391

  Couris, C M ^a   Colin, C ^a   Rabilloud, M ^a   Schott, A M ^a   Ecochard, R ^a  

^a HOSPICES CIVILS DE LYON   (France)

Author keywords

Biostatistics; Cancer incidence; Claims databases; Epidemiology; Measurement error

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ALGORITHM; ARTICLE; BIOSTATISTICS; BREAST CANCER; CANCER INCIDENCE; DATA BASE; FEMALE; HOSPICE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MEDICARE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROBABILITY; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

BREAST NEOPLASMS; DATABASES, FACTUAL; FEMALE; FRANCE; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; INSURANCE CLAIM REVIEW; MATHEMATICAL COMPUTING; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

EID: 0036128099     PISSN: 08954356     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0895-4356(01)00487-5     Document Type: Article

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