External validity of the cardiovascular health study: A comparison with the medicare population

Medical Care

Volumn 47, Issue 8, 2009, Pages 916-923

  Dimartino, Lisa D ^a   Hammill, Bradley G ^a   Curtis, Lesley H ^a,b   Gottdiener, John S ^c   Manolio, Teri A ^d   Powe, Neil R ^e,f,g   Schulman, Kevin A ^a,b  

^a DUKE CLINICAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

^b DUKE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^d NATIONAL HUMAN GENOME RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

^e JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^f JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^g JOHNS HOPKINS BLOOMBERG SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

Author keywords

Cardiovascular diseases; Cohort studies; Epidemiologic methods; Health services research; Medicare; United states

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; CARDIOVASCULAR HEALTH STUDY; CLINICAL STUDY; COMORBIDITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; EXTERNAL VALIDITY; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE UTILIZATION; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MANAGED CARE; MANAGED CARE ORGANIZATION; MEDICARE; MORTALITY; POPULATION RESEARCH; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; COHORT ANALYSIS; COMPARATIVE STUDY; METHODOLOGY; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; REPRODUCIBILITY; SOCIOECONOMICS; STANDARD; STATISTICS; UNITED STATES;

AGED; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASES; COHORT STUDIES; COMORBIDITY; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MEDICARE; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIALS AS TOPIC; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; UNITED STATES;

EID: 68249144819     PISSN: 00257079     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/MLR.0b013e318197b104     Document Type: Article

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