Pharmacy and medical claims data identified migraine sufferers with high specificity but modest sensitivity

Journal of Clinical Epidemiology

Volumn 57, Issue 9, 2004, Pages 962-972

  Kolodner, Ken ^a   Lipton, Richard B ^b   Lafata, Jennifer Elston ^c   Leotta, Carol ^a   Liberman, Joshua N ^a   Chee, Elsbeth ^a   Moon, Christina ^c  

^a AdvancePCS   (United States)

^b ALBERT EINSTEIN COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c HENRY FORD HEALTH SYSTEM   (United States)

Author keywords

Insurance claim review; Migraine; Sensitivity and specificity; Utilization

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; COMORBIDITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEMOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HEADACHE; HUMAN; INSURANCE; INTERVIEW; MALE; MANAGED CARE; MIGRAINE; PHARMACY; PREDICTION; PRESCRIPTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; RISK ASSESSMENT; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SEX DIFFERENCE; VALIDATION PROCESS;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; FEMALE; HUMANS; INSURANCE CLAIM REVIEW; INTERVIEWS; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; MEDICAL RECORD LINKAGE; MICHIGAN; MIDDLE AGED; MIGRAINE DISORDERS; PHARMACIES; PRESCRIPTIONS, DRUG; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

EID: 7044229449     PISSN: 08954356     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jclinepi.2004.01.014     Document Type: Article

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