A methodology for identifying married couples in Medicare data: mortality, morbidity, and health care use among the married elderly
dc.contributor.author | Iwashyna, Theodore J. | |
dc.contributor.author | Zhang, James X. | |
dc.contributor.author | Lauderdale, Diane S. | |
dc.contributor.author | Christakis, Nicholas A. | |
dc.date.accessioned | 2008-12-18T20:57:45Z | |
dc.date.available | 2008-12-18T20:57:45Z | |
dc.date.issued | 1998-11 | |
dc.identifier.citation | Demography. 1998 Nov;35(4):413-9. <http://hdl.handle.net/2027.42/61405> | en |
dc.identifier.uri | https://hdl.handle.net/2027.42/61405 | |
dc.identifier.uri | http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/sites/entrez?cmd=retrieve&db=pubmed&list_uids=9850466&dopt=citation | |
dc.description.abstract | We describe a method for the development of cohorts of up to three quarters of the 14 million married couples aged 65 and over in the United States. The health care experiences, illness histories, and mortality of these identified couples can be assessed longitudinally using Medicare data. We summarize strengths and limitations of using data from Medicare administrative records for the study of marriage, health, and aging. We illustrate the method by demonstrating substantial differences in survival in a cohort of hospice patients as a function of not only the patient's own diagnosis and illness burden but also the patient's spouse's illness burden. | en |
dc.format.extent | 1380596 bytes | |
dc.format.mimetype | application/pdf | |
dc.language.iso | en_US | en |
dc.publisher | Demography | en |
dc.subject | Medicare | en |
dc.subject | Marriage | en |
dc.subject | Widowhood | en |
dc.subject | Health Care Use | en |
dc.title | A methodology for identifying married couples in Medicare data: mortality, morbidity, and health care use among the married elderly | en |
dc.type | Article | en |
dc.subject.hlbsecondlevel | Internal Medicine and Specialities | |
dc.subject.hlbtoplevel | Health Sciences | |
dc.description.peerreviewed | Peer Reviewed | en |
dc.contributor.affiliationum | Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine, Division of | en |
dc.contributor.affiliationum | Internal Medicine, Department of | en |
dc.contributor.affiliationumcampus | Ann Arbor | en |
dc.identifier.pmid | 9850466 | |
dc.description.bitstreamurl | http://deepblue.lib.umich.edu/bitstream/2027.42/61405/1/98.I.Z.L.C.Demography.pdf | |
dc.owningcollname | Pulmonary & Critical Care Medicine, Division of |
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