title: The need for access to Medicare fee-for-service claims data.
authors.affiliation: ThedaCare Center for Healthcare Value, Appleton, Wisconsin, USA.
authors.forename: John S
authors.initials: JS
authors.lastname: Toussaint
authors.forename: Donald M
authors.initials: DM
authors.lastname: Berwick
mesh_terms: D022126:Access to Information; D014487:Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services, U.S.; D003363:Cost Control; D003695:Delivery of Health Care / Q000191:economics / Q000592:standards / Q000639:trends; D030881:Disclosure; D018588:Fee-for-Service Plans / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D006302:Health Services Research; D007345:Insurance Claim Review / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D006278:Medicare / Q000331:legislation & jurisprudence / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D058991:Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act; D011640:Public Policy; D011787:Quality of Health Care; D014481:United States