Patients' self-report of diseases in the medicare health outcomes survey based on comparisons with linked survey and medical data from the Veterans Health Administration

Journal of Ambulatory Care Management

Volumn 31, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 161-177

  Miller, Donald R ^a,b,e   Rogers, William H ^c   Kazis, Lewis E ^a,b   Spiro III, Avron ^a,b   Ren, Xinhua S ^a,b   Haffer, Samuel C ^d  

^a VETERANS AFFAIRS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b BOSTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^c TUFTS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

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

^e Edith Nourse Rogers Memorial Hospital 152   (United States)

Author keywords

Diagnosis; Evaluation studies; Health status; Health surveys; Morbidity; Questionnaires; Risk adjustment; SF 36; VR 36

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; FEMALE; GOVERNMENT; HEALTH STATUS; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; INTERNATIONAL CLASSIFICATION OF DISEASES; MALE; MEDICARE; MIDDLE AGED; QUESTIONNAIRE; RISK ASSESSMENT; SELF DISCLOSURE; STANDARD; UNITED STATES; VALIDATION STUDY;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; FEMALE; HEALTH STATUS; HEALTH SURVEYS; HUMANS; INTERNATIONAL CLASSIFICATION OF DISEASES; MALE; MEDICARE; MIDDLE AGED; QUESTIONNAIRES; RISK ADJUSTMENT; SELF DISCLOSURE; UNITED STATES; UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF VETERANS AFFAIRS;

EID: 41149171317     PISSN: 01489917     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01.JAC.0000314707.88160.9c     Document Type: Article

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