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Clarification note to an algorithm for the use of medicare claims data to identify women with incident breast cancer.

Publication: Health Services Research
Publication Date: 01-FEB-06
Format: Online
Delivery: Immediate Online Access
Full Article Title: Clarification note to an algorithm for the use of medicare claims data to identify women with incident breast cancer.(Correction notice)

Article Excerpt
In the description of the algorithm, under the heading Algorithm Development (pp. 1737-1740), the following clearer statements may assist those who wish to implement the algorithm that generated the results presented in the tables of the article.

1. In Step 1, the "screen" on page 1737, the time window...

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