The Application of Medicare Data for Musculoskeletal Research in the United States: A Systematic Review.

DISCUSSION: Medicare claims data provide a unique way for researchers to study a nationally representative patient population longitudinally. A significant limitation of using claims data has been a lack of granularity on defining severity of a condition. LEVEL OF EVIDENCE: Therapeutic level III. PMID: 30379756 [PubMed - as supplied by publisher]
Source: The Journal of the American Academy of Orthopaedic Surgeons - Category: Orthopaedics Tags: J Am Acad Orthop Surg Source Type: research