Table 1.

Comparison of persons and data included in the 3 Medicare-focused SEER-CMS linkages

	SEER-Medicare	SEER-MHOS	SEER-CAHPS
Persons included
Medicare fee-for-service enrollees	x		x
Medicare Advantage enrollees	x	x	x
Noncancer comparison groupa	Medicare 5%	MHOS respondents	CAHPS respondents
Data included
SEER cancer registry data	x	x	x
Medicare enrollment	x	x	x
Medicare claims datab	x		x
Medicare part D prescription drug data	x	x	x
MDS clinical assessment data for nursing home residents	x	x	x
OASIS clinical assessment data for home health enrollees	x	x	x
Physician and hospital characteristics	x		x
CAHPS experience of care survey data			x
MHOS quality of life survey data		x

^aPersons not included in the SEER data who resided in the geographic catchment areas for the registries. CAHPS = Consumer Assessment of Healthcare Providers and Systems; CMS = Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services; MDS = Minimum Data Set; MHOS = Medicare Health Outcomes Survey; OASIS = Outcome and Assessment Information Set; SEER = Surveillance Epidemiology, and End Results.

^bFrom in- and out-patient hospitals, hospice agencies, home health agencies, individual providers, and durable medical equipment providers.