Virnig, Beth A.Ash, Arlene S.Kind, SaraMesler, Douglas E.2022-08-232022-08-232000-12-012010-07-01Health Serv Res. 2000 Dec;35(5 Pt 3):86-101. <a href="http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC1383597/pdf/16148954.pdf">Link to article on publisher's site</a>0017-9124 (Linking)16148954https://hdl.handle.net/20.500.14038/47564OBJECTIVE: To describe key methods and issues in conducting survival analyses, especially using Medicare (and other) administrative data. PRINCIPAL FINDINGS: Survival analyses are rich , informative, and underutilized methods for examining out comes whose timing is important . Medicare files contain the necessary information for conducting such analyses, including identification of cohorts, definition of events, censoring of observations, and adjustment for covariates. CONCLUSION: Survival analyses can readily be conducted using the information contained in administrative data files.en-USAgedData Interpretation, StatisticalHealth Maintenance OrganizationsHealth Services ResearchHospicesHumansKidney Failure, ChronicMedicare*MortalityOutcome Assessment (Health Care)Proportional Hazards Models*Survival AnalysisUnited StatesBiostatisticsEpidemiologyHealth Services ResearchJournal Articlehttps://escholarship.umassmed.edu/qhs_pp/6971378843qhs_pp/697