Evaluation of claims, medical records, and self-report for measuring fecal occult blood testing among medicare enrollees in fee for service

Cancer Epidemiology Biomarkers and Prevention

Volumn 17, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 799-804

  Schenck, Anna P ^a   Klabunde, Carrie N ^b   Warren, Joan L ^b   Peacock, Sharon ^a   Davis, William W ^b   Hawley, Sarah T ^c   Pignone, Michael ^d   Ransohoff, David F ^d  

^a Carolinas Center for Medical Excellence   (United States)

^b NATIONAL CANCER INSTITUTE   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BILLING AND CLAIMS; CANCER EPIDEMIOLOGY; COLORECTAL CANCER; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; DATA COLLECTION METHOD; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; FEMALE; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL FEE; MEDICAL RECORD; MEDICARE; OCCULT BLOOD; PHYSICIAN; PREDICTION AND FORECASTING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SELF REPORT; TELEPHONE;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; COLORECTAL NEOPLASMS; FEE-FOR-SERVICE PLANS; FEMALE; HUMANS; INSURANCE CLAIM REVIEW; MALE; MASS SCREENING; MEDICAL RECORDS; MEDICARE; MIDDLE AGED; NORTH CAROLINA; OCCULT BLOOD; SELF DISCLOSURE; UNITED STATES;

EID: 42149109649     PISSN: 10559965     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1158/1055-9965.EPI-07-2620     Document Type: Article

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