Behavioral risk factor surveillance of aged Medicare beneficiaries, 1995.
The Behavioral Risk Factor Surveillance System (BRFSS) is an ongoing State-based telephone survey of adults, administered through State health departments. The survey estimates health status and the prevalence of various risk factors among respondents, who include both fee-for-service and managed care Medicare beneficiaries. In this article the authors present an overview of the BRFSS and report 1995 regional results among respondents who were 65 years of age or over and who had health insurance. The advantages and disadvantages of using the BRFSS as a tool to monitor beneficiary health status and risk factors are also discussed.
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Health Care Financing Administration, USA.
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Bolen
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Rhodes
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Chin
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D000368:Aged; D002908:Chronic Disease; D018588:Fee-for-Service Plans; D015438:Health Behavior; D006305:Health Status Indicators; D006801:Humans; D008329:Managed Care Programs / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D006278:Medicare / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D010349:Patient Compliance; D011314:Preventive Health Services / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D012307:Risk Factors; D013221:State Health Plans / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D013689:Telephone; D014481:United States