The quality of Medicaid and Medicare data obtained from CMS and its contractors: implications for pharmacoepidemiology

The quality of Medicaid and Medicare data obtained from CMS and its contractors: implications for pharmacoepidemiology

Abstract Background Administrative claims of United States Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) beneficiaries have long been used in non-experimental research. While CMS performs in-house checks of these claims, little is known of their quality for conducting pharmacoepidemiologic resear...

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Main Authors: Charles E. Leonard, Colleen M. Brensinger, Young Hee Nam, Warren B. Bilker, Geralyn M. Barosso, Margaret J. Mangaali, Sean Hennessy
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: BMC 2017-04-01
Series:BMC Health Services Research
Subjects:
Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (U.S.)
Data accuracy
Databases as a topic
International Classification of Diseases
Medicaid
Medicare
Online Access:http://link.springer.com/article/10.1186/s12913-017-2247-7

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