Accuracy of medicaid payer coding in hospital patient discharge data: Implications for medicaid policy evaluation

Medical Care

Volumn 43, Issue 6, 2005, Pages 586-591

  Chattopadhyay, Arpita ^a   Bindman, Andrew B ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Ambulatory care sensitive conditions; Data quality; Discharge data; Hospitalization rate; Medicaid

Indexed keywords

ACCURACY; AMBULATORY CARE; ARTICLE; CALCULATION; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DATA BASE; HEALTH SERVICE; HOSPITAL DISCHARGE; HOSPITAL PATIENT; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; MEDICAID; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; TIME SERIES ANALYSIS; ADULT; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; ECONOMICS; EVALUATION; FACTUAL DATABASE; HEALTH CARE PLANNING; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HEALTH INSURANCE; MEDICAL FEE; MEDICAL RECORD; MIDDLE AGED; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; OUTPATIENT DEPARTMENT; PATIENT; REPRODUCIBILITY; STANDARD; STATISTICS; UNITED STATES; UTILIZATION REVIEW;

ADULT; CALIFORNIA; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DATABASES, FACTUAL; ELIGIBILITY DETERMINATION; FEE-FOR-SERVICE PLANS; FORMS AND RECORDS CONTROL; HEALTH POLICY; HOSPITAL RECORDS; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMANS; MANAGED CARE PROGRAMS; MEDICAID; MEDICAL RECORD LINKAGE; MEDICALLY UNINSURED; MIDDLE AGED; OUTPATIENT CLINICS, HOSPITAL; PATIENT DISCHARGE; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; STATE HEALTH PLANS; UNITED STATES;

EID: 20544443876     PISSN: 00257079     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01.mlr.0000163654.27995.fa     Document Type: Article

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