Identifying chronic conditions in medicare claims data: Evaluating the chronic condition data warehouse algorithm

Health Services Research

Volumn 46, Issue 5, 2011, Pages 1610-1627

  Gorina, Yelena ^a   Kramarow, Ellen A ^a  

^a NATIONAL CENTER FOR HEALTH STATISTICS   (United States)

Author keywords

CCW; chronic conditions; Medicare claims; NHEFS

Indexed keywords

ALGORITHM; ARTHRITIS; ARTICLE; CHRONIC DISEASE; DIABETES MELLITUS; FOLLOW UP; HEALTH CARE FACILITY; HUMAN; MEDICARE;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ALGORITHMS; CHRONIC DISEASE; FEMALE; HEALTH SERVICES RESEARCH; HUMANS; INSURANCE CLAIM REVIEW; MALE; MEDICARE; NUTRITION SURVEYS; PREVALENCE; UNITED STATES;

EID: 80052517762     PISSN: 00179124     EISSN: 14756773     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1475-6773.2011.01277.x     Document Type: Article

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