Identifying exposures of in vitro fertilization from drug reimbursement files: A case study from Finland

Medical Informatics and the Internet in Medicine

Volumn 28, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 279-289

  Hemminki, Elina ^a   Klemetti, Reija ^a   Rinta Paavola, Maria ^b   Martikainen, Jaana ^b  

^a NATIONAL PUBLIC HEALTH INSTITUTE   (Finland)

^b SOCIAL INSURANCE INSTITUTION   (Finland)

Author keywords

Administrative register; Cohort; Fertilization; In vitro; Methods; Record linkage; Reimbursement

Indexed keywords

ACCURACY; ALGORITHM; ARTICLE; CASE STUDY; CONFIDENTIALITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; EMBRYO; EMBRYO TRANSFER; FEMALE; FERTILIZATION IN VITRO; FINLAND; HUMAN; INFERTILITY THERAPY; INFORMATION PROCESSING; INFORMATION RETRIEVAL; MEDICAL INFORMATION; PRIVATE PRACTICE; REGISTER; REIMBURSEMENT; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS;

ALGORITHMS; COHORT STUDIES; FEMALE; FERTILIZATION IN VITRO; FINLAND; HUMANS; INSURANCE CLAIM REVIEW; INSURANCE, HEALTH, REIMBURSEMENT; MEDICAL RECORD LINKAGE; ORGANIZATIONAL CASE STUDIES; PREGNANCY;

EID: 84860395388     PISSN: 14639238     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/14639230310001621666     Document Type: Article

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