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Title of Collaborative Activity:

SEER-Medicare Database

Description of Collaborative Activity:

The SEER-Medicare data are a unique resource that can be used for research related to the health care provided to persons with cancer. The database results from the linkage of two large population-based data sources: the Surveillance, Epidemiology, and End Results (SEER) cancer registries data and the Medicare enrollment and claims files.

Type of Collaborative Activity:

Resource Development

Year the Collaborative Activity Originated:

1990

NIH Participating Institutes/Centers/Office of the Director:

NCI

HHS Agency Collaborators on this Activity:

CMS