Linking birth certificates with medicaid data to enhance population health assessment: Methodological issues addressed

Journal of Public Health Management and Practice

Volumn 8, Issue 4, 2002, Pages 38-44

  Elizabeth Gyllstrom, M ^a   Jensen, Joan L ^b   Vaughan, Jane N ^b   Castellano, Susan E ^b   Oswald, John W ^b  

^a MINNESOTA DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH   (United States)

^b Child and Adolescent Behavior Health Services   (United States)

Author keywords

Birth certificates; Data linkage; Matching; Medicaid

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BIRTH CERTIFICATE; FEMALE; HUMAN; INSURANCE; MEDICAID; MEDICAL INFORMATICS; MEDICAL RECORD; NEWBORN; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY OUTCOME; STATISTICS; UNITED STATES;

BIRTH CERTIFICATES; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT, NEWBORN; INSURANCE CLAIM REPORTING; MEDICAID; MEDICAL RECORD LINKAGE; MINNESOTA; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY OUTCOME; PUBLIC HEALTH INFORMATICS; UNITED STATES;

EID: 3142716244     PISSN: 10784659     EISSN: 15505022     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00124784-200207000-00008     Document Type: Article

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