Use of Medicare claims data for the identification of myocardial infarction: the REasons for Geographic And Racial Differences in Stroke (REGARDS) study

OBJECTIVES: Assess the validity of Medicare claims for identifying myocardial infarction (MI). METHODS: We used data from 9,951 Medicare beneficiaries ≥65 years in the REasons for Geographic And Racial Differences in Stroke study. Between 2003-2012, 669 participants had an MI identified and adjudica...

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Published in:Med Care
Main Authors: Colantonio, Lisandro D., Levitan, Emily B., Yun, Huifeng, Kilgore, Meredith L., Rhodes, J. David, Howard, George, Safford, Monika M., Muntner, Paul
Format: Artigo
Language:Inglês
Published: 2018
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Online Access:https://ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6231971/
https://ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/30363020
https://ncbi.nlm.nih.govhttp://dx.doi.org/10.1097/MLR.0000000000001004
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