Performance of claims-based algorithms for identifying incident thyroid cancer in commercial health plan enrollees receiving antidiabetic drug therapies

• Main Authors: Donnie Funch (Author), Douglas Ross (Author), Betsey M. Gardstein (Author), Heather S. Norman (Author), Lauren A. Sanders (Author), Atheline Major-Pedersen (Author), Helge Gydesen (Author), David D. Dore (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: BMC, 2017-05-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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Abstract Background Thyroid cancer incidence is increasing in the United States (US) and many other countries. The objective of this study was to develop and evaluate algorithms using administrative medical claims data for identification of incident thyroid cancer. Methods This effort was part of a...