Risk-adjusted Medicare capitation rates using ambulatory and inpatient diagnoses

Health Care Financing Review

Volumn 17, Issue 3, 1996, Pages 77-99

  Weiner, Jonathan P ^a   Dobson, Allen ^b   Maxwell, Stephanie L ^b   Coleman, Kevin ^b   Starfield, Barbara H ^b   Anderson, Gerard F ^b  

^a JOHNS HOPKINS BLOOMBERG SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^b NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMBULATORY CARE; ARTICLE; HEALTH CARE FINANCING; HEALTH CARE MANAGEMENT; HEALTH CARE PLANNING; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HEALTH MAINTENANCE ORGANIZATION; MEDICARE; RISK ASSESSMENT; HEALTH CARE COST; HOSPITAL PATIENT; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ALGORITHMS; AMBULATORY CARE; CAPITATION FEE; DISABILITY EVALUATION; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE COSTS; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMANS; INSURANCE SELECTION BIAS; MALE; MEDICARE; MODELS, ECONOMIC; RATE SETTING AND REVIEW; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; RISK MANAGEMENT; UNITED STATES; UNITED STATES CENTERS FOR MEDICARE AND MEDICAID SERVICES;

EID: 0029950264     PISSN: 01958631     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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