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SEER-Medicare: Data Limitations
Medicare data do not include:
- claims for HMO enrollees
- care provided in other settings, such as the Veterans Administration
- care for persons with Medicare as the secondary payer (in some cases)
- reimbursement for covered services not captured by the Medicare data, e.g. out of pocket expenditures
- coverage provided by Medigap policies
Some of the services not covered by Medicare:
- long term care at home or in a nursing home
- most oral prescription drugs
- routine physicals
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