Centers for medicare and medicaid services medicare data and stroke research: Goldmine or landmine?

Stroke

Volumn 46, Issue 2, 2015, Pages 598-604

  Lichtman, Judith H ^a   Leifheit Limson, Erica C ^a   Goldstein, Larry B ^a,b  

^a YALE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b DUKE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

health services research; Medicare; methods; stroke

Indexed keywords

CEREBROVASCULAR ACCIDENT; HUMAN; INFORMATION PROCESSING; MEDICAID; MEDICAL RESEARCH; MEDICARE; OUTCOMES RESEARCH; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; STROKE PATIENT; ECONOMICS; FACTUAL DATABASE; GOVERNMENT; INSURANCE; STROKE; UNITED STATES;

CENTERS FOR MEDICARE AND MEDICAID SERVICES (U.S.); DATABASES, FACTUAL; HUMANS; INSURANCE CLAIM REVIEW; MEDICAID; MEDICARE; STROKE; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84922336249     PISSN: 00392499     EISSN: 15244628     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1161/STROKEAHA.114.003255     Document Type: Review

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