The National Medicare Cohort
Study, 1999-2005 (MCAPS)
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Medicare data include:
–
Billing claims for everyone over 65
enrolled in Medicare (
~48 million
people
),
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date of service
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treatment, disease (ICD 9),
costs
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age, gender, and race
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place of residence (ZIP
code/county)