Concordance between administrative claims and registry data for identifying metastasis to the bone: an exploratory analysis in prostate cancer

Onukwugha, Eberechukwu; Yong, Candice; Hussain, Arif; Seal, Brian; Daniel Mullins, C.

doi:10.1186/1471-2288-14-1

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Concordance between administrative claims and registry data for identifying metastasis to the bone: an exploratory analysis in prostate cancer

Published in BMC Medical Research Methodology • Jan 2, 2014

Authors:

Eberechukwu Onukwugha

Candice Yong

Arif Hussain

Abstract

BACKGROUND: To assess concordance between Medicare claims and Surveillance, Epidemiology, and End Results (SEER) reports of incident BM among prostate cancer (PCa) patients. The prevalence and consequences of bone metastases (BM) have been examined across tumor sites using healthcare claims data how...

Subject

Concordance

Medicine

Epidemiology

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