The Accuracy of Medicare Claims as an Epidemiological Tool: The Case of Dementia Revisited
- 23 July 2009
- journal article
- Published by IOS Press in Journal of Alzheimer's Disease
- Vol. 17 (4), 807-815
- https://doi.org/10.3233/JAD-2009-1099
Abstract
Our study estimates the sensitivity and specificity of Medicare claims to identify clinically-diagnosed dementia, and documents how errors in dementia assessment affect dementia cost estimates. We compared Medicare claims from 1993–2005 to clinical dKeywords
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