Monitoring the health status and impact of treatment on Americans: The medicare beneficiary health status registry

Medical Care

Volumn 37, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 189-203

  McBean, A Marshall ^a   Turner, Charles F ^b   Fitterman, Leslye K ^c   Pate, Kirk ^b   Reilly, Thomas ^d   Smith, Timothy K ^b   Trontell, Anne ^e   Witt, Michael B ^b   Penberthy, Lynne ^f   Lessler, Judith T ^b   Forsyth, Barbara H ^g   Wheeless, Sara ^b   Mierzwa, Frank ^b   Miller, Heather G ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

^b RTI INTERNATIONAL   (United States)

^c MERCK RESEARCH LABORATORIES   (United States)

^d CENTERS FOR MEDICARE AND MEDICAID SERVICES   (United States)

^e CENTER FOR DRUG EVALUATION AND RESEARCH   (United States)

^f VIRGINIA COMMONWEALTH UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^g WESTAT   (United States)

Author keywords

Elderly population; Health status; Medicare; Monitoring systems; Survey measurement

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; COHORT ANALYSIS; DAILY LIFE ACTIVITY; EPIDEMIOLOGY; FEASIBILITY STUDY; FEMALE; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; INFORMATION PROCESSING; MALE; MEDICARE; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; QUESTIONNAIRE; REGISTER; STATISTICS; UNITED STATES;

ACTIVITIES OF DAILY LIVING; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; COHORT STUDIES; DATA COLLECTION; FEASIBILITY STUDIES; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE SURVEYS; HEALTH STATUS INDICATORS; HUMANS; MALE; MEDICARE; NORTH CAROLINA; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT (HEALTH CARE); QUESTIONNAIRES; REGISTRIES; UNITED STATES;

EID: 0033069836     PISSN: 00257079     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00005650-199902000-00009     Document Type: Article

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