Methodology
A method to predict breast cancer stage using Medicare claims
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* Corresponding author: Thomas A Buchholz tbuchhol@mdanderson.org
1 Department of Radiation Oncology, The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center, 1515 Holcombe Blvd Houston, Texas 77030, USA
2 Department of Biostatistics, Section of Health Services Research, The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center, 1515 Holcombe Blvd, Houston, Texas 77030, USA
3 Department of Breast Medical Oncology, The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center, 1515 Holcombe Blvd, Houston, Texas 77030, USA
4 Radiation Oncology Flight, Wilford Hall Medical Center, Lackland Air Force Base, San Antonio, Texas 78236, USA
Epidemiologic Perspectives & Innovations 2010, 7:1 doi:10.1186/1742-5573-7-1
Published: 15 January 2010Additional files
Additional file 1:
Table S1. Candidate Covariates and Claims Codes. Table S2. Prediction Equations. Parameter estimates for stage IV versus stages I-III disease and for stage. I/II versus stage III disease. Table S3. Test Characteristics After Applying Prediction Equations on Validation Set Samples.
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