An examination of self-reported chronic conditions and health status in the 2001 Medicare Health Outcomes Survey

Current Medical Research and Opinion

Volumn 21, Issue 11, 2005, Pages 1801-1808

  Ko, Yu ^a   Coons, Stephen Joel ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA   (United States)

Author keywords

Chronic conditions; Health Outcomes Survey; Health status; Managed care; Medicare; SF 36

Indexed keywords

AGE; AGED; ARTHRITIS; CHRONIC DISEASE; CONFERENCE PAPER; CONTROLLED STUDY; COXITIS; DEMOGRAPHY; DEPRESSION; FEMALE; HAND DISEASE; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HEALTH STATUS; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; KNEE ARTHRITIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MANAGED CARE; MEDICARE; MENTAL HEALTH; MICTURITION DISORDER; PREVALENCE; QUESTIONNAIRE; RATING SCALE; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SCORING SYSTEM; SELF REPORT; SOCIAL INTERACTION; SYMPTOM; WRIST DISEASE;

ADULT; AGED; CHRONIC DISEASE; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE SURVEYS; HEALTH STATUS; HUMANS; MALE; MANAGED CARE PROGRAMS; MEDICARE; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT (HEALTH CARE); QUESTIONNAIRES; RANDOM ALLOCATION; REGRESSION ANALYSIS;

EID: 27944489036     PISSN: 03007995     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1185/030079905X65655     Document Type: Conference Paper

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