Assessing the Validity of Insurance Coverage Data in Hospital Discharge Records: California OSHPD Data

Health Services Research

Volumn 38, Issue 5, 2003, Pages 1359-1372

  Buchmueller, Thomas C ^a   Allen, Mark E ^b   Wright, William ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b PUBLIC HEALTH INSTITUTE   (United States)

^c NONE

Author keywords

Discharge data; Health insurance; Measurement error

Indexed keywords

ACCURACY; AGE DISTRIBUTION; ARTICLE; COMPUTER PROGRAM; DATA BASE; HEALTH INSURANCE; HEALTH MAINTENANCE ORGANIZATION; HOSPITAL DISCHARGE; HUMAN; INFORMATION PROCESSING; MEDICAL RECORD; MEDICARE; UNITED STATES;

CALIFORNIA; HEALTH SERVICES RESEARCH; HOSPITAL RECORDS; HUMANS; INSURANCE COVERAGE; PATIENT DISCHARGE;

EID: 0142089266     PISSN: 00179124     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/1475-6773.00181     Document Type: Article

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