Does "claims" mean "read"? and it is the misspelling of "claim"?

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Does "claims" mean "read"? and it is the misspelling of "claim"?

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[h=3]Methods[/h]We linked the ACCF National Cardiovascular Data Registry and the STS Adult Cardiac Surgery Database to claims data from the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services for the years 2004 through 2008. Outcomes were compared with the use of propensity scores and inverse-probability-weighting adjustment to reduce treatment-selection bias.

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We linked the ACCF National Cardiovascular Data Registry and the STS Adult Cardiac Surgery Database to claims data from the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services for the years 2004 through 2008. Outcomes were compared with the use of propensity scores and inverse-probability-weighting adjustment to reduce treatment-selection bias.

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"Claims" is a noun here, the plural of "claim". Have a look at the link below and see if it helps you to understand.
claim noun (DEMAND) - definition in British English Dictionary & Thesaurus - Cambridge Dictionary Online
 

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Re: Does "claims" mean "read"? and it is the misspelling of "claim"?

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I reckon you're right. It's a misspelling. It means "to read" here.
 

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Re: Does "claims" mean "read"? and it is the misspelling of "claim"?

But I think "to" before claim has been used to show the purpose of linking, so claim can't be a noun here. It's a verb with a misspelling.We linked........to claim/ in order to claim/ so that we could claim....
 

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Re: Does "claims" mean "read"? and it is the misspelling of "claim"?

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I reckon you're right. It's a misspelling. It means "to read" here.

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Re: Does "claims" mean "read"? and it is the misspelling of "claim"?

But I think "to" before claim has been used to show the purpose of linking, so claim can't be a noun here. It's a verb with a misspelling.We linked........to claim/ in order to claim/ so that we could claim....

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Re: Does "claims" mean "read"? and it is the misspelling of "claim"?

What's going on here? Bhai answered this in post #2.

There's no way that 'claims' can mean 'read'.

'. . .claims data' means 'data about claims'. . .insurance claims (noun). . .Medicare and Medicaid are medical insurance schemes.

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Re: Does "claims" mean "read"? and it is the misspelling of "claim"?

"Claims data" is treated as a single noun here. The Registry and the Database have been linked to "claims data" (data about claims).
 

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Re: Does "claims" mean "read"? and it is the misspelling of "claim"?

Thank you all.
 

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Re: Does "claims" mean "read"? and it is the misspelling of "claim"?

"Claims" is a noun here, the plural of "claim". Have a look at the link below and see if it helps you to understand.
claim noun (DEMAND) - definition in British English Dictionary & Thesaurus - Cambridge Dictionary Online

I think "claims" is singular here, as in the "the claims (plural) department" can be called "claims (singular)", no?

Which department do you work in?

I work in Accounting.
I work in Claims.

Aren't these singular?
 

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Re: Does "claims" mean "read"? and it is the misspelling of "claim"?

"Claims" are plural. The "data" about all of the claims is treated as singular.
 

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Re: Does "claims" mean "read"? and it is the misspelling of "claim"?

the claims collection - singualar.

the claims data - plural: "data" is plural.

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Re: Does "claims" mean "read"? and it is the misspelling of "claim"?

"Data" is traditionally plural, but more commonly used as singular these days.

I think you'll hear "what is the data showing us?" versus "what are the data showing us?" "The data is on my other computer" vs "the data re on my other computer."
 

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Re: Does "claims" mean "read"? and it is the misspelling of "claim"?

I'm still trying to reconcile that "Claims", used as a proper (?) noun, is plural. What about "United States"? Yes I know there are 50 states united, but there is only one "United States". Is that plural?
 

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Re: Does "claims" mean "read"? and it is the misspelling of "claim"?

They are the department that works on insurance claims. They are the claims department.

I send them a claim. You send them a claim. They get all of the claims.

I don't see the difficulty.

(And back when we had a limited federal gov't, you might hear "the United States are..."

The United States Is... Or Are? : Word Routes : Thinkmap Visual Thesaurus)
 

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Re: Does "claims" mean "read"? and it is the misspelling of "claim"?

I would say "It is the claims department", not "They are..."

I agree that "claims" is plural as a standalone noun but I am certainly guilty of using "data" in the singular and would say "The claims data shows ..."
Even if I were to use the proper singular, "datum" (if I were only talking about one set of information), I would still say "The claims datum shows ..."
 
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