Linking inpatient clinical registry data to Medicare claims data using indirect identifiers

American Heart Journal

Volumn 157, Issue 6, 2009, Pages 995-1000

  Hammill, Bradley G ^a   Hernandez, Adrian F ^a,b   Peterson, Eric D ^a,b   Fonarow, Gregg C ^c   Schulman, Kevin A ^a,b   Curtis, Lesley H ^a,b  

^a DUKE CLINICAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

^b DUKE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; FACTUAL DATABASE; HEART FAILURE; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; INFORMATION RETRIEVAL; INSURANCE; MEDICAL RECORD; MEDICARE; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; REGISTER; UNITED STATES;

DATABASES, FACTUAL; HEART FAILURE; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMANS; INFORMATION STORAGE AND RETRIEVAL; INSURANCE CLAIM REPORTING; MEDICAL RECORD LINKAGE; MEDICAL RECORDS SYSTEMS, COMPUTERIZED; MEDICARE; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT (HEALTH CARE); REGISTRIES; UNITED STATES;

EID: 67049159418     PISSN: 00028703     EISSN: 10976744     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ahj.2009.04.002     Document Type: Article

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