Descriptive analyses of the integrity of a US Medicaid claims database

Pharmacoepidemiology and Drug Safety

Volumn 12, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 103-111

  Hennessy, Sean ^a,b   Bilker, Warren B ^a,b   Weber, Anita ^a   Strom, Brian L ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Epidemiologic methods; Medicaid; Pharmacoepidemiology; Validity

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; COMPUTER PROGRAM; CONTROLLED STUDY; DATA ANALYSIS; DATA BASE; DEMOGRAPHY; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC ERROR; HEALTH INSURANCE; HOSPITAL PATIENT; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; MEDICAID; MEDICAL RECORD; MEDICAL RESEARCH; PHARMACOEPIDEMIOLOGY; PHARMACY; PRESCRIPTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; UNITED STATES; VALIDATION PROCESS;

AGED; DATABASES, FACTUAL; DRUG UTILIZATION REVIEW; FEMALE; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMANS; MALE; MEDICAID; MEDICAL RECORDS SYSTEMS, COMPUTERIZED; MIDDLE AGED; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY COMPLICATIONS; PRESCRIPTIONS, DRUG; SEX FACTORS; TIME FACTORS; UNITED STATES;

EID: 0037338298     PISSN: 10538569     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/pds.765     Document Type: Article

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