Diagnostic risk adjustment for Medicaid: The disability payment system

Health Care Financing Review

Volumn 17, Issue 3, 1996, Pages 7-33

  Kronick, Richard ^a   Dreyfus, Tony ^b   Lee, Lora ^b   Zhou, Zhiyuan ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM DISEASE; COST EFFECTIVENESS ANALYSIS; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DISABILITY; DISEASE CLASSIFICATION; HEALTH CARE FINANCING; HEALTH CARE PLANNING; HEALTH MAINTENANCE ORGANIZATION; MEDICAID; MUSCULOSKELETAL DISEASE; PROFIT; PSYCHOSIS; RISK ASSESSMENT; UNITED STATES;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; CAPITATION FEE; DISABILITY EVALUATION; DISABLED PERSONS; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE COSTS; HUMANS; MALE; MEDICAID; MIDDLE AGED; MODELS, ECONOMIC; RATE SETTING AND REVIEW; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; RISK MANAGEMENT; UNITED STATES;

EID: 0029941140     PISSN: 01958631     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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