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Refinements of a methodology for detecting married couples in the medicare data

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  1. Harris School of Public Policy Studies, Pritzker School of Medicine, USA

    Theodore J. Iwashyna

  2. Population Research Center, University of Chicago, c/o Nicholas A. Christakis, 5841 Maryland Ave., MC 2007, 60637, Chicago, IL

    Theodore J. Iwashyna

  3. Department of Medicine, USA

    James X. Zhang

  4. Department of Health Studies, Population Research Center, USA

    Diane S. Lauderdale

  5. Department of Medicine, Department of Sociology and Population Research Center, University of Chicago, USA

    Nicholas A. Christakis

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Correspondence to Theodore J. Iwashyna.

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This work was supported in part by a Medical Scientist National Research Service Award (Grant 5 T32 GM07281) from the National Institutes of Health.

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Iwashyna, T.J., Zhang, J.X., Lauderdale, D.S. et al. Refinements of a methodology for detecting married couples in the medicare data. Demography 37, 251–252 (2000). https://doi.org/10.2307/2648127

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