Journal of Clinical Epidemiology
Volume 64, Issue 5 , Pages 543-546 , May 2011

Predictive value of Medicare claims data for identifying revision of index hip replacement was modest

  • Jeffrey N. Katz

      Affiliations

    • Orthopedic and Arthritis Center for Outcomes Research, Department of Orthopedic Surgery, Brigham and Women's Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, USA
    • Division of Rheumatology, Brigham and Women's Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, USA
    • Corresponding Author InformationCorresponding author. Orthopedic and Arthritis Center for Outcomes Research, Department of Orthopedic Surgery, Brigham and Women's Hospital, 75 Francis Street, OBC–4, Boston, MA 02115, USA. Tel.: 617-732-5338; fax: 617-525-7900.
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  • Elizabeth A. Wright

      Affiliations

    • Orthopedic and Arthritis Center for Outcomes Research, Department of Orthopedic Surgery, Brigham and Women's Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, USA
    • Division of Rheumatology, Brigham and Women's Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, USA
    • ,
  • John A. Baron

      Affiliations

    • Division of Biostatistics and Epidemiology, Department of Family Medicine, Dartmouth Medical School, Hanover, NH, USA
    • ,
  • Kelly L. Corbett

      Affiliations

    • Orthopedic and Arthritis Center for Outcomes Research, Department of Orthopedic Surgery, Brigham and Women's Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, USA
    • ,
  • Akosua A. Nti

      Affiliations

    • Orthopedic and Arthritis Center for Outcomes Research, Department of Orthopedic Surgery, Brigham and Women's Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, USA
    • ,
  • Henrik Malchau

      Affiliations

    • Department of Orthopedic Surgery, Massachusetts General Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, USA
    • ,
  • John Wright

      Affiliations

    • Orthopedic and Arthritis Center for Outcomes Research, Department of Orthopedic Surgery, Brigham and Women's Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, USA
    • ,
  • Elena Losina

      Affiliations

    • Orthopedic and Arthritis Center for Outcomes Research, Department of Orthopedic Surgery, Brigham and Women's Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, USA
    • Division of Rheumatology, Brigham and Women's Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, USA

,Accepted 29 May 2010.

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 Supported by National Institutes of Health grant nos. P60 AR 47782 and K24 AR 057827.

PII: S0895-4356(10)00190-3

doi: 10.1016/j.jclinepi.2010.05.005

Journal of Clinical Epidemiology
Volume 64, Issue 5 , Pages 543-546 , May 2011

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