Combining estimates from complementary surveys: A case study using prevalence estimates from national health surveys of households and nursing homes

Public Health Reports

Volumn 117, Issue 4, 2002, Pages 393-407

  Schenker, Nathaniel ^a   Gentleman, Jane F ^a   Rose, Deborah ^a   Hing, Esther ^a   Shimizu, Iris M ^a  

^a NATIONAL CENTER FOR HEALTH STATISTICS   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; ASSAY; HEALTH SURVEY; HOUSEHOLD; HUMAN; METHODOLOGY; NURSING HOME; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PUBLIC HEALTH; RESEARCH;

EID: 0036664916     PISSN: 00333549     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0033-3549(04)50177-2     Document Type: Article

References (20)

1. Foley DJ, Ostfeld AM, Branch LG, Wallace RB, McGloin J, Cornoni-Huntley JC. The risk of nursing home admission in three communities. J Aging Health 1992;4:155-73.
2. Branch LG, Jette AM. A prospective study of long-term care institutionalization among the aged. Am J Public Health 1982;72:1373-9.
3. Bishop CE. Where are the missing elders? The decline in nursing home use, 1985 and 1995. Health Aff 1999;18:146-55.
4. Hing E, Bloom B. Long-term care for the functionally dependent elderly. Vital Health Stat 1990;13(104):1-50.
5. Adams PF, Hendershot GE, Marano MA. Current estimates from the National Health Interview Survey, 1996. Vital Health Stat 1999;10(200):1-202.
6. Botman SL, Moore TF, Moriarity CL, Parsons VL. Design and estimation for the National Health Interview Survey, 1995-2004. Vital Health Stat 2000;2(130):1-31.
7. Hing E, Sekscenski E, Strahan G. The National Nursing Home Survey: 1985 summary for the United States. Vital Health Stat 1989;13(97):1-249.
8. Gabrel C, Jones A. The National Nursing Home Survey: 1995 summary. Vital Health Stat 2000;13(146):1-83.
9. Lohr SL. Sampling: design and analysis. Pacific Grove (CA): Duxbury Press; 1999.
10. Shah BV, Barnwell BG, Bieler GS. SUDAAN user's manual: software for analysis of correlated data, release 7.00. Research Triangle Park (NC): Research Triangle Institute; 1997.
11. Department of Health and Human Services (US). International classification of diseases (ninth revision), clinical modification. Sixth ed. Publication number (PHS) 97-1260. [CD-ROM]; 1997.
12. Dennison C, Pokras R. Design and operation of the National Hospital Discharge Survey: 1988 redesign. Vital Health Stat 2000;1 (39):1-42.
13. McLemore T, Lawrence L. Plan and operation of the National Survey of Ambulatory Surgery. Vital Health Stat 1997;1 (37):1-124.
14. Trottier H, Martel L, Houle C, Berthelot J-M, Légaré J. Living at home or in an institution: what makes the difference for seniors? Health Rep 2000;11:49-61.
15. Botman SL, Jack SS. Combining National Health Interview Survey datasets: issues and approaches. Stat Med 1995;14:669-77.
16. Kozak LJ, Lawrence L. National Hospital Discharge Survey: annual summary, 1997. Vital Health Stat 1999;13(144):1-46.
17. Shimizu I. Lessons learned on procedures for longitudinal study of nursing home residents. Proc Social Stat Section Am Stat Assoc 1977;589-93.
18. Edwards WS, Winn DM, Kurlantzick V, Sheridan S, Berk ML, Retchin S, et al. Evaluation of National Health Interview Survey diagnostic reporting. Vital Health Stat 1994;2(120):1-116.
19. Hendershot GE. Estimates of the prevalence of selected chronic conditions in 1995 and 1997: an analysis of differences and their possible causes. National Center for Health Statistics; 1999. Internal report.
20. Health Care Financing Administration, Office of Strategic Planning, Information and Methods Group. Medicare Current Beneficiary Survey CY 1995 cost and public use file documentation. Baltimore (MD): Health Care Financing Administration; 1998.