SEER-MEDICARE RESOURCE (SEER-MEDICARE LIGHT) FILES TO FACILITATE THE ANALYSES OF SEER-MEDICARE DATA BY RESEARCHERS IN SUPPORT OF THE U.S. DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES (DHHS), NATIONAL INSTI

该合同的总体目标是生成一个SEER-Medicare资源（SEER-Medicare Light），以方便研究人员分析SEER-Medicare数据。该方法将是渐进的，作为概念证明，该合同将为乳腺癌病例提供文件，其中包含有关护理利用的信息，包括使用全身治疗、癌症相关手术、放射治疗、住院治疗和费用。其目的是根据服务类型（如全身治疗、手术等）重新组织SEER-Medicare档案，而不是像现在这样根据计费提供商进行组织。本合同将提供有关女性乳腺癌的文件和资料。

The overall objective of this contract is to produce a SEER-Medicare resource (SEER-Medicare Light) to facilitate analyses of SEER-Medicare data by researchers. The approach will be incremental and as proof of concept this contract will produce files for breast cancer cases containing information on care utilization that includes use of systemic therapy, cancer related surgery, radiation therapy, hospitalizations, and costs. The aim is to reorganize the SEER-Medicare files by type of services (e.g. systemic therapy, surgery etc.) and not by billing provider as it is organized now. This contract will produce the files and documentation for female breast cancer.