Overview of the SEER - Medicare health outcomes survey linked dataset

Health Care Financing Review

Volumn 29, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 5-21

  Ambs, Anita ^a   Warren, Joan L ^a   Bellizzi, Keith M ^a   Topor, Marie ^b   Haffer, Samuel C ^c   Clauser, Steven B ^a  

^a NATIONAL CANCER INSTITUTE   (United States)

^b IMS ^*

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

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; CANCER REGISTRY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DAILY LIFE ACTIVITY; FEMALE; FUNCTIONAL STATUS; HEALTH CARE ORGANIZATION; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; MALE; MEDICARE; QUALITY OF LIFE; REVIEW; SELF REPORT; SHORT FORM 36; STATISTICS;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; COHORT STUDIES; COMORBIDITY; COOPERATIVE BEHAVIOR; DATABASE MANAGEMENT SYSTEMS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MANAGED CARE PROGRAMS; MEDICAL RECORD LINKAGE; MEDICARE; NEOPLASMS; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT (HEALTH CARE); PROGRAM EVALUATION; QUALITY OF LIFE; SEER PROGRAM; SICKNESS IMPACT PROFILE; SURVIVORS; UNITED STATES;

EID: 50249168766     PISSN: 01958631     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Review

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