TY - GEN AU - Fleming,C AU - Fisher,E S AU - Chang,C H AU - Bubolz,T A AU - Malenka,D J TI - Studying outcomes and hospital utilization in the elderly. The advantages of a merged data base for Medicare and Veterans Affairs hospitals SN - 0025-7079 PY - 1992///0612 KW - Aged KW - Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services, U.S KW - Computer Communication Networks KW - Confounding Factors, Epidemiologic KW - Databases, Factual KW - standards KW - Health Services Accessibility KW - economics KW - Health Services Research KW - Hospitals, Private KW - statistics & numerical data KW - Hospitals, Veterans KW - Humans KW - Likelihood Functions KW - Male KW - Medicare KW - Mortality KW - New England KW - New York KW - Outcome and Process Assessment, Health Care KW - methods KW - United States KW - Veterans N1 - Publication Type: Journal Article; Research Support, U.S. Gov't, Non-P.H.S.; Research Support, U.S. Gov't, P.H.S UR - https://doi.org/10.1097/00005650-199205000-00001 ER -