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A methodology for identifying married couples in medicare data: Mortality, morbidity, and health care use among the married elderly

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  • Theodore Iwashyna
  • James Zhang
  • Diane Lauderdale
  • Nicholas Christakis

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  • Theodore Iwashyna & James Zhang & Diane Lauderdale & Nicholas Christakis, 1998. "A methodology for identifying married couples in medicare data: Mortality, morbidity, and health care use among the married elderly," Demography, Springer;Population Association of America (PAA), vol. 35(4), pages 413-419, November.
    • Handle: RePEc:spr:demogr:v:35:y:1998:i:4:p:413-419
    DOI: 10.2307/3004010
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    1. Lillard, L.A. & Waite, L.J., 1996. "Marital Disruption and Mortality," Papers 96-01, RAND - Reprint Series.
    2. Cutler, David M, 1995. "The Incidence of Adverse Medical Outcomes under Prospective Payment," Econometrica, Econometric Society, vol. 63(1), pages 29-50, January.
    3. Fisher, E.S. & Baron, J.A. & Malenka, D.J. & Barrett, J. & Bubolz, T.A., 1990. "Overcoming potential pitfalls in the use of Medicare data for epidemiologic research," American Journal of Public Health, American Public Health Association, vol. 80(12), pages 1487-1490.
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    1. Lei Jin & Nicholas Chrisatakis, 2009. "Investigating the mechanism of marital mortality reduction: The transition to widowhood and quality of health care," Demography, Springer;Population Association of America (PAA), vol. 46(3), pages 605-625, August.
    2. Felix Elwert & Nicholas Christakis, 2008. "Wives and ex-wives: A new test for homogamy bias in the widowhood effect," Demography, Springer;Population Association of America (PAA), vol. 45(4), pages 851-873, November.
    3. Subramanian, S.V. & Elwert, Felix & Christakis, Nicholas, 2008. "Widowhood and mortality among the elderly: The modifying role of neighborhood concentration of widowed individuals," Social Science & Medicine, Elsevier, vol. 66(4), pages 873-884, February.
    4. Bert Kestenbaum, 2000. "Commentary on “a methodology for identifying married couples in medicare data”," Demography, Springer;Population Association of America (PAA), vol. 37(2), pages 247-249, May.

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