Diagnosis-based risk adjustment for Medicare capitation payments

Health Care Financing Review

Volumn 17, Issue 3, 1996, Pages 101-128

  Ellis, Randall P ^b   Pope, Gregory C ^a   Iezzoni, Lisa I ^b   Ayanian, John Z ^b   Bates, David W ^b   Burstin, Helen ^b   Ash, Arlene S ^b  

^a Health Economics Research Inc   (United States)

^b NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CHRONIC DISEASE; DIAGNOSIS RELATED GROUP; HEALTH CARE FINANCING; HEALTH MAINTENANCE ORGANIZATION; HOSPITALIZATION; MEDICARE; OUTPATIENT CARE; REIMBURSEMENT; RISK ASSESSMENT; DEMOGRAPHY; HEALTH CARE COST; HEALTH ECONOMICS; RISK MANAGEMENT;

AGED; CAPITATION FEE; DIAGNOSIS-RELATED GROUPS; DISABILITY EVALUATION; DISABLED PERSONS; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE COSTS; HEALTH MAINTENANCE ORGANIZATIONS; HUMANS; MALE; MEDICAID; MEDICARE; MODELS, ECONOMIC; RATE SETTING AND REVIEW; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; RISK MANAGEMENT; UNITED STATES;

EID: 0029971083     PISSN: 01958631     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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