External validation of a claims-based algorithm for classifying kidney-cancer surgeries

BMC Health Services Research

Volumn 9, Issue , 2009, Pages

  Miller, David C ^a,b   Saigal, Christopher S ^c,d,e   Warren, Joan L ^f   Leventhal, Meryl ^g   Deapen, Dennis ^g   Banerjee, Mousumi ^h,i   Lai, Julie ^e   Hanley, Jan ^e   Litwin, Mark S ^c,d,e,j  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^b VA ANN ARBOR HEALTHCARE SYSTEM   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^e RAND CORPORATION   (United States)

^f NATIONAL CANCER INSTITUTE   (United States)

^g UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^h UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

ⁱ UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

^j UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

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Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACCURACY; AGED; ARTICLE; BILLING AND CLAIMS; CANCER PATIENT; CLASSIFICATION ALGORITHM; CONTROLLED STUDY; DATA ANALYSIS; EARLY CANCER; EXTERNAL VALIDITY; HUMAN; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; KIDNEY CANCER; LAPAROSCOPIC SURGERY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MEDICAL RECORD REVIEW; MEDICARE; NEPHRECTOMY; PARTIAL NEPHRECTOMY; REGISTER; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; VALIDATION STUDY; ALGORITHM; CANCER REGISTRY; CLASSIFICATION; FEMALE; INSURANCE; KIDNEY TUMOR; MALE; PREDICTION AND FORECASTING; UNITED STATES;

ALGORITHMS; FEMALE; HUMANS; INSURANCE CLAIM REVIEW; KIDNEY NEOPLASMS; MALE; MEDICARE; NEPHRECTOMY; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; SEER PROGRAM; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; UNITED STATES;

EID: 67650739688     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14726963     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1472-6963-9-92     Document Type: Article

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