Impacts of Alternative Billing Claims on Hypertension Prevalence and Mortality Estimates in Alberta, Canada

ABSTRACT Objectives In Canada, secondary sources of health information such as physician billing claims are used for surveillance of chronic conditions such as hypertension. The value of this data may be affected by different types of physician payment models. Fee-for-service (FFS) physicians sub...

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Main Authors: Ceara Tess Cunningham, Hude Quan, Nathalie Jette, Guanmin Chen
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Swansea University 2017-04-01
Series:International Journal of Population Data Science
Online Access:https://ijpds.org/article/view/379