Linking individual medicare health claims data with work-life claims and other administrative data Biostatistics and methods

BMC Public Health

Volumn 15, Issue 1, 2015, Pages

  Mokyr Horner, Elizabeth ^a   Cullen, Mark R ^b  

^a AMERICAN INSTITUTES FOR RESEARCH   (United States)

^b STANFORD UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Harmonization; Health claims; Linkage; Medicare; Social epidemiology

Indexed keywords

AGED; CHRONIC DISEASE; EMPLOYMENT; FEMALE; HEALTH; HEALTH INSURANCE; HUMAN; MALE; MEDICARE; UNITED STATES; WORK;

AGED; CHRONIC DISEASE; EMPLOYMENT; FEMALE; HEALTH; HEALTH BENEFIT PLANS, EMPLOYEE; HUMANS; MALE; MEDICARE; UNITED STATES; WORK;

EID: 84942880670     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14712458     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/s12889-015-2329-6     Document Type: Article

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