Linking data from the multiethnic cohort study to medicare data: Linkage results and application to chronic disease research

American Journal of Epidemiology

Volumn 181, Issue 11, 2015, Pages 917-919

  Setiawan, Veronica Wendy ^a,b   Virnig, Beth A ^c   Porcel, Jacqueline ^b   Henderson, Brian E ^a,b   Le Marchand, Loïc ^d   Wilkens, Lynne R ^d   Monroe, Kristine R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF HAWAII CANCER CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COHORT ANALYSIS; COST-BENEFIT ANALYSIS; DATA SET; DISEASE PREVALENCE; EPIDEMIOLOGY; HEALTH CARE; HEALTH RISK; RESEARCH WORK; RISK FACTOR;

AGED; ALCOHOL CONSUMPTION; ARTICLE; CHRONIC DISEASE; CONGESTIVE HEART FAILURE; ETHNIC GROUP; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAID; MEDICARE; PHYSICAL ACTIVITY; SMOKING; SOCIAL SECURITY; COHORT ANALYSIS; EPIDEMIOLOGY; ETHNOLOGY; GOVERNMENT; HEART FAILURE; INFORMATION PROCESSING; INSURANCE; PROCEDURES; RISK FACTOR; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; UNITED STATES;

AGED; CENTERS FOR MEDICARE AND MEDICAID SERVICES (U.S.); CHRONIC DISEASE; COHORT STUDIES; DATA COLLECTION; EPIDEMIOLOGIC METHODS; ETHNIC GROUPS; FEMALE; HEART FAILURE; HUMANS; INSURANCE CLAIM REVIEW; MALE; MEDICARE; RISK FACTORS; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84930390974     PISSN: 00029262     EISSN: 14766256     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/aje/kwv055     Document Type: Article

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