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. 2008 Summer;29(4):5-21.

Overview of the SEER--Medicare Health Outcomes Survey linked dataset

Anita Ambs  1 , Joan L Warren, Keith M Bellizzi, Marie Topor, Samuel C Haffer, Steven B Clauser
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Overview of the SEER--Medicare Health Outcomes Survey linked dataset

Anita Ambs et al. Health Care Financ Rev. 2008 Summer.

Abstract

The Surveillance, Epidemiology, and End Results (SEER)--Medicare Health Outcomes Survey (MHOS) links cancer registry data with survey data from Medicare managed care enrollees. The linked file includes clinical information about the cancer with self-reported data about symptoms, functional status and health-related quality of life (HRQOL) for Medicare managed care enrollees. This article provides a description of the SEER-MHOS data as a tool to study cancer among Medicare enrollees. In order to highlight the strengths of the database, we also present some descriptive statistics from the database.

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Figure 1. Number of Patients in MHOS (1998-2001) All Ages
Figure 2
Figure 2. Activities of Daily Living Distribution, by Cancer Diagnosis Status
Figure 3
Figure 3. Depression Status, by Cancer Diagnosis Status
Figure 4
Figure 4. Comorbidity Score Distribution, by Cancer Diagnosis Status
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