Quantifying under-reporting of pathology tests in Medical Benefits Schedule claims data.

Objective We investigated the completeness of recording of pathology tests in Australian Medical Benefits Schedule (MBS) claims data, using the example of the prostate-specific antigen (PSA) test. With some exceptions, MBS claims data records only the three most expensive pathology items in an episo...

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Published in:	Australian Health Review Vol. 37; no. 5; pp. 649 - 654
Main Authors:	Trevena, Judy A., Rogers, Kris D., Jorm, Louisa R., Churches, Tim, Armstrong, Bruce
Format:	research tables/charts Journal Article
Published:	CSIRO Publishing 2013
Online Access:	View this record in EBSCOhost