Chan L, Houck P, Prela C M, MacLehose R F
Department of Rehabilitation Medicine, University of Washington, Seattle, USA.
Am J Phys Med Rehabil. 2001 Jun;80(6):474-80. doi: 10.1097/00002060-200106000-00018.
With the advent of computerized billing for healthcare services, claims data have become useful in academic medicine. One of the largest suppliers of these types of data is Medicare, the US Government's healthcare insurance organization for the elderly and disabled. Because Medicare patients often require rehabilitation, this type of data can be useful in rehabilitation outcomes studies. Despite several significant limitations to Medicare billing data, Medicare claims data are powerful tools with which to analyze concepts in physical medicine and rehabilitation.
随着医疗服务计算机计费的出现，理赔数据在学术医学中变得很有用。这些类型数据的最大供应商之一是医疗保险（Medicare），它是美国政府为老年人和残疾人提供的医疗保险组织。由于医疗保险患者经常需要康复治疗，这类数据在康复效果研究中可能会很有用。尽管医疗保险计费数据存在一些重大局限性，但医疗保险理赔数据是分析物理医学与康复概念的有力工具。
