Linkage of a Population-Based Cohort with Primary Data Collection to Medicare Claims

American Journal of Epidemiology

Volumn 184, Issue 7, 2016, Pages 532-544

  Xie, Fenglong ^a   Colantonio, Lisandro D ^a   Curtis, Jeffrey R ^a   Safford, Monika M ^a   Levitan, Emily B ^a   Howard, George ^a   Muntner, Paul ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALABAMA AT BIRMINGHAM   (United States)

Author keywords

Follow Up studies; insurance claim review; Medicare

Indexed keywords

COHORT ANALYSIS; DATA MANAGEMENT; HEALTH INSURANCE; HEALTH SERVICES; PARTICIPATORY APPROACH; PUBLIC HEALTH; RACIAL DISPARITY; SEX-RELATED DIFFERENCE; SOCIAL SECURITY;

ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; ARTICLE; COHORT ANALYSIS; COMORBIDITY; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE UTILIZATION; HUMAN; INFORMATION PROCESSING; MALE; MEDICARE; NORMAL HUMAN; OBSERVATIONAL STUDY; POPULATION RESEARCH; PREVALENCE; RACE DIFFERENCE; SEX DIFFERENCE; SOCIAL SECURITY; STANDARDIZATION; AGED; ANCESTRY GROUP; HEALTH CARE DISPARITY; MEDICAL FEE; MIDDLE AGED; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; STROKE; UNITED STATES;

UNITED STATES;

AGED; COHORT STUDIES; CONTINENTAL POPULATION GROUPS; FEE-FOR-SERVICE PLANS; FEMALE; HEALTHCARE DISPARITIES; HUMANS; MALE; MEDICARE; MIDDLE AGED; STROKE; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84994102088     PISSN: 00029262     EISSN: 14766256     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/aje/kww077     Document Type: Article

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