External validation of a claims-based algorithm for classifying kidney-cancer surgeries

BACKGROUND: Unlike other malignancies, there is no literature supporting the accuracy of medical claims data for identifying surgical treatments among patients with kidney cancer. We sought to validate externally a previously published Medicare-claims-based algorithm for classifying surgical treatme...

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Autores principales: Miller, David C, Saigal, Christopher S, Warren, Joan L, Leventhal, Meryl, Deapen, Dennis, Banerjee, Mousumi, Lai, Julie, Hanley, Jan, Litwin, Mark S
Formato: Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: BioMed Central 2009
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Research Article
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2698842/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/19500395
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/1472-6963-9-92

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https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2698842/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/19500395
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/1472-6963-9-92

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