Using State and Federal Claims Data to Evaluate the Patterns and Costs of Cancer Care.

Autor: Rosen, Steven T., Bennett, Charles L., Stinson, Tammy J., Desch, Christopher E., Penberthy, Lynne T.
Zdroj: Cancer Policy: Research & Methods; 1998, p53-69, 17p
Abstrakt: Not very long ago, the only codified data that resulted from a clinical encounter was a bill. The remainder of the transaction between a doctor and patient was a typed or handwritten note filed away until the next visit. Burrowing into the files to retrieve enough clinical data to permit a sophisticated outcomes analysis cost considerable time and energy relegating most of these efforts to research centers. Furthermore, the only routine reports at the population level were incidence and mortality data. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
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