Medicaid, Medicare, and the Michigan Tumor Registry: A linkage strategy

Medical Decision Making

Volumn 27, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 352-363

  Bradley, Cathy J ^a   Given, Charles W ^b   Luo, Zhehui ^b   Roberts, Caralee ^c   Copeland, Glenn ^d   Virnig, Beth A ^e  

^a VIRGINIA COMMONWEALTH UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b MICHIGAN STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c Roberts Research Associates   (United States)

^d MICHIGAN DEPARTMENT OF COMMUNITY HEALTH   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

Author keywords

Administrative data; Cancer; Medicaid; Medicare

Indexed keywords

AGE DISTRIBUTION; CANCER DIAGNOSIS; CANCER REGISTRY; CANCER SURVIVAL; COHORT ANALYSIS; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DATA ANALYSIS; HEALTH CARE MANAGEMENT; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HEALTH CARE UTILIZATION; HEALTH PROGRAM; HUMAN; MEDICAID; MEDICAL DECISION MAKING; MEDICARE; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; POPULATION RESEARCH; PROBABILITY; REVIEW; UNITED STATES;

AGED; COHORT STUDIES; CONTINENTAL POPULATION GROUPS; DATA COLLECTION; FEMALE; HUMANS; INSURANCE CLAIM REVIEW; MALE; MEDICAID; MEDICARE; MICHIGAN; NEOPLASM STAGING; NEOPLASMS; QUALITY OF HEALTH CARE; REGISTRIES; SURVIVAL ANALYSIS; UNITED STATES;

EID: 34547122479     PISSN: 0272989X     EISSN: 1552681X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0272989X07302129     Document Type: Review

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