Using the Medicare current beneficiary survey to conduct research on Medicare-eligible veterans

Journal of Rehabilitation Research and Development

Volumn 47, Issue 8, 2010, Pages 797-814

  Jonk, Yvonne ^a   O'Connor, Heidi ^a   Schult, Tamara ^a   Cutting, Andrea ^b   Feldman, Roger ^b   Ripley, Diane Cowper ^b   Dowd, Bryan ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

^b VETERANS AFFAIRS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Data quality; Database; Department of veterans affairs; Health insurance; Health services for the elderly; Healthcare costs; Healthcare surveys; Medicare; Medicare current beneficiary survey; Veterans; Veterans health administration

Indexed keywords

DATA QUALITY; DATABASE; DEPARTMENT OF VETERANS AFFAIRS; HEALTH SERVICES FOR THE ELDERLY; HEALTHCARE COSTS; MEDICARE; MEDICARE CURRENT BENEFICIARY SURVEY; VETERANS; VETERANS HEALTH ADMINISTRATIONS;

COST ACCOUNTING; COSTS; DATA PROCESSING; DATABASE SYSTEMS; ECONOMICS; HEALTH; HEALTH INSURANCE; RESEARCH; SURVEYS;

COST BENEFIT ANALYSIS;

ACCURACY; ADULT; AGE; AGED; ARTICLE; DATA BASE; FEMALE; GENDER; GOVERNMENT; HEALTH CARE COST; HEALTH CARE UTILIZATION; HEALTH INSURANCE; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL RESEARCH; MEDICARE; MEDICARE CURRENT BENEFICIARY SURVEY; PATIENT SATISFACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RACE; SELF REPORT; SOCIAL STATUS; VETERAN;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ELIGIBILITY DETERMINATION; FEE-FOR-SERVICE PLANS; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE SURVEYS; HEALTH EXPENDITURES; HEALTH SERVICES FOR THE AGED; HEALTH SERVICES RESEARCH; HUMANS; MALE; MEDICARE; MIDDLE AGED; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SELF REPORT; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; UNITED STATES; UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF VETERANS AFFAIRS; VETERANS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 78449304419     PISSN: 07487711     EISSN: 07487711     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1682/JRRD.2009.10.0174     Document Type: Article

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