Comparison of Medicare Claims Versus Physician Adjudication for Identifying Stroke Outcomes in the Women's Health Initiative [Clinical Sciences]

Conclusions—
Medicare data seem useful for population-based stroke research; however, performance characteristics depend on the definition selected.

Source: Stroke - February 24, 2014 Category: Neurology Authors: Lakshminarayan, K., Larson, J. C., Virnig, B., Fuller, C., Allen, N. B., Limacher, M., Winkelmayer, W. C., Safford, M. M., Burwen, D. R. Tags: Health policy and outcome research Clinical Sciences Source Type: research