Linking tumor registry and medicaid claims to evaluate cancer care delivery

Health Care Financing Review

Volumn 30, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 61-73

  Schrag, Deborah ^a   Virnig, Beth A ^b   Warren, Joan L ^c  

^a DANA FARBER CANCER INSTITUTE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

^c NATIONAL CANCER INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BLADDER CANCER; BRAIN CANCER; BREAST CANCER; CANCER DIAGNOSIS; CANCER REGISTRY; CANCER SURGERY; COLORECTAL CANCER; CONTROLLED STUDY; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HUMAN; KIDNEY CANCER; LIVER CANCER; LIVER CELL CARCINOMA; LUNG CANCER; MEDICAID; OCULAR BLOOD VESSEL; OVARY CANCER; PROSTATE CANCER; STOMACH CANCER; TESTIS CANCER; UTERINE CERVIX CANCER; UTERUS CANCER;

ADULT; CALIFORNIA; DATABASES, FACTUAL; DELIVERY OF HEALTH CARE; FEMALE; HUMANS; INSURANCE CLAIM REVIEW; MALE; MEDICAID; MIDDLE AGED; NEOPLASM STAGING; NEOPLASMS; REGISTRIES; UNITED STATES; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 69249205634     PISSN: 01958631     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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