Integrating Data from Multiple Public Sources: Opportunities and Challenges for Evaluators

Evaluation

Volumn 10, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 349-365

  Saunders, Robert C ^a   Heflinger, Craig Anne ^a  

^a VANDERBILT UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

database linkage; Medicaid; performance monitoring; public sector evaluation

Indexed keywords

EID: 27944478480     PISSN: 13563890     EISSN: 14617153     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1356389004048282     Document Type: Article

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