Comparing errors in medicaid reporting across surveys: Evidence to date

Health Services Research

Volumn 48, Issue 2 PART1, 2013, Pages 652-664

  Call, Kathleen T ^a   Davern, Michael E ^b   Klerman, Jacob A ^c   Lynch, Victoria ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO   (United States)

^c ABT ASSOCIATES   (United States)

^d URBAN INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

health insurance coverage; Medicaid undercount; survey and administrative data; uninsurance; validation study

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; DATA SYNTHESIS; EVIDENCE BASED PRACTICE; HEALTH CARE SURVEY; HUMAN; INSURANCE; MEASUREMENT ERROR; MEDICAID; VALIDATION STUDY;

BIAS (EPIDEMIOLOGY); DATA COLLECTION; HUMANS; INSURANCE CLAIM REVIEW; INSURANCE COVERAGE; MEDICAID; MEDICALLY UNINSURED; PRIVATE SECTOR; PUBLIC SECTOR; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84875055917     PISSN: 00179124     EISSN: 14756773     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1475-6773.2012.01446.x     Document Type: Article

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