Identifying possible indicators of systematic overuse of health care procedures with claims data

Medical Care

Volumn 52, Issue 2, 2014, Pages 157-163

  Segal, Jodi B ^a,b,c   Bridges, John F P ^b   Chang, Hsien Yen ^b   Chang, Eva ^b   Nassery, Najlla ^a   Weiner, Jonathan ^b   Chan, Kitty S ^b  

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

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

^c NONE   (United States)

Author keywords

administrative claims; measurement; Medicare; overuse

Indexed keywords

ALGORITHM; ARTICLE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DIAGNOSTIC TEST; HEALTH CARE UTILIZATION; HEALTH INSURANCE; MEDICARE; PATIENT MONITORING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RHINOSINUSITIS; SCREENING TEST; TOTAL QUALITY MANAGEMENT;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ALGORITHMS; FEMALE; HEALTH SERVICES MISUSE; HUMANS; INSURANCE CLAIM REVIEW; MALE; MEDICARE; QUALITY INDICATORS, HEALTH CARE; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84893001104     PISSN: 00257079     EISSN: 15371948     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/MLR.0000000000000052     Document Type: Article

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