Identifying Cohabiting Couples in Administrative Data: Evidence from Medicare Address Data.

IF 1.6 Q3 HEALTH CARE SCIENCES & SERVICES

Health Services and Outcomes Research Methodology Pub Date : 2021-06-01 Epub Date: 2020-11-12 DOI:10.1007/s10742-020-00229-1

Sasmira Matta, Joanne W Hsu, Theodore J Iwashyna, Micah Y Baum, Kenneth M Langa, Lauren Hersch Nicholas

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Abstract

Marital status is recognized as an important social determinant of health, income, and social support, but is rarely available in administrative data. We assessed the feasibility of using exact address data and zip code history to identify cohabiting couples using the 2018 Medicare Vital Status file and ZIP codes in the 2011-2014 Master Beneficiary Summary Files. Medicare beneficiaries meeting our algorithm displayed characteristics consistent with assortative mating and resembled known married couples in the Health and Retirement Study linked to Medicare claims. Address information represents a promising strategy for identifying cohabiting couples in administrative data including healthcare claims and other data types.

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在行政数据中识别同居伴侣:来自医疗保险地址数据的证据。

婚姻状况被认为是健康、收入和社会支持的一个重要社会决定因素，但在行政数据中却很少出现。我们利用2018年医疗保险重要状态档案和2011-2014年总受益人摘要档案中的邮政编码，评估了使用确切地址数据和邮政编码历史来识别同居伴侣的可行性。符合我们算法的医疗保险受益人表现出与选型交配一致的特征，与医疗保险索赔相关的健康与退休研究中已知的已婚夫妇相似。地址信息是在行政数据(包括医疗索赔和其他数据类型)中识别同居伴侣的一种很有前途的策略。

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Health Services and Outcomes Research Methodology HEALTH CARE SCIENCES & SERVICES-

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