Medicare claims data reliably identify treatments for basal cell carcinoma and squamous cell carcinoma: a prospective cohort study

• Główni autorzy: Bridie S. Thompson (Autor), Catherine M. Olsen (Autor), Padmini Subramaniam (Autor), Rachel E. Neale (Autor), David C. Whiteman (Autor)
• Format: Książka
• Wydane: Elsevier, 2016-04-01T00:00:00Z.
• Hasła przedmiotowe: article
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Abstract Objective: To investigate the accuracy of Medical Benefit Schedule (MBS) item numbers to identify treatments for basal cell carcinomas (BCC) and squamous cell carcinomas (SCC). Methods: We linked records from QSkin Study participants (n=37,103) to Medicare. We measured the proportion of Med...