A Comparison of Approaches to Identify Live Births Using the Medicaid Analytic eXtract

Sara E. Heins, Laura J. Faherty, Ashley M. Kranz

ResearchPosted on rand.org Nov 3, 2021Published in: Health Services and Outcomes Research Methodology (2021). doi: 10.1007/s10742-021-00252-w

This study described and validated five approaches to identifying births using an underutilized data source: Medicaid Analytic eXtract from 45 states.

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  • Publisher: Springer
  • Availability: Non-RAND
  • Year: 2021
  • Pages: 10
  • Document Number: EP-68755

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