Misclassification of incident conditions using claims data: Impact of varying the period used to exclude pre-existing disease

BMC Medical Research Methodology

Volumn 13, Issue 1, 2013, Pages

  Griffiths, Robert I ^a,b,c   Omalley, Cynthia D ^d   Herbert, Robert J ^e   Danese, Mark D ^a  

^a Outcomes Insights Inc   (United States)

^b JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

^d AMGEN INC   (United States)

^e JOHNS HOPKINS BLOOMBERG SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

Author keywords

Incidence; Look back; Medical claims; Medicare; Misclassification; Prevalence

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BREAST TUMOR; CANCER REGISTRY; COHORT ANALYSIS; FEMALE; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; INSURANCE; MEDICARE; UNITED STATES;

BREAST NEOPLASMS; COHORT STUDIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; INSURANCE CLAIM REVIEW; MEDICARE; SEER PROGRAM; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84874547852     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14712288     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1471-2288-13-32     Document Type: Article

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