Sensitivity of administrative claims to identify incident cases of lung cancer: A comparison of 3 health plans

Journal of Managed Care Pharmacy

Volumn 15, Issue 8, 2009, Pages 659-668

  Ramsey, Scott D ^a   Scoggins, John F ^a   Blough, David K ^b   McDermott, Cara L ^a   Reyes, Carolina M ^c  

^a Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

^c GENENTECH INC   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CANCER DIAGNOSIS; CANCER LOCALIZATION; CANCER PATIENT; CANCER REGISTRY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEMOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE PLANNING; HEALTH PLAN EMPLOYER DATA AND INFORMATION SET; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; INSURANCE; LUNG CANCER; LUNG NON SMALL CELL CANCER; MALE; MEDICAID; MEDICARE; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PATIENT INFORMATION; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS;

EID: 70449580479     PISSN: 10834087     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.18553/jmcp.2009.15.8.659     Document Type: Article

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