Can claims-based data be used to recruit black and Hispanic subjects into clinical trials?

Health Services Research

Volumn 47, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 770-782

  Palacio, Ana M ^a   Tamariz, Leonardo J ^b   Uribe, Claudia ^b,d   Li, Hua ^c   Salkeld, Ellen J ^a   Hazel Fernandez, Leslie ^d   Carrasquillo, Olveen ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MIAMI MILLER SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b VETERANS AFFAIRS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^c Division of Biostatistics   (United States)

^d HUMANA INC   (United States)

Author keywords

administrative claims data; clinical trial design; Racial ethnic disparities

Indexed keywords

ACCURACY; AGED; ALGORITHM; ARTICLE; BILLING AND CLAIMS; CLINICAL TRIAL (TOPIC); CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; DATA BASE; ETHNIC GROUP; ETHNICITY; FEMALE; HEALTH INSURANCE; HEALTH MAINTENANCE ORGANIZATION; HEALTH SURVEY; HISPANIC; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PATIENT PARTICIPATION; PREDICTIVE VALUE; PROBABILITY;

AFRICAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; AGED; ALGORITHMS; CLINICAL TRIALS AS TOPIC; FEMALE; HISPANIC AMERICANS; HUMANS; INSURANCE CLAIM REPORTING; MALE; PATIENT SELECTION; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84863345216     PISSN: 00179124     EISSN: 14756773     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1475-6773.2011.01316.x     Document Type: Article

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