Shifting the Paradigm: Monitoring Access in Medicare Managed Care

Health Care Financing Review

Volumn 17, Issue 4, 1996, Pages 5-20

  Docteur, Elizabeth R ^a   Colby, David C ^b   Gold, Marsha ^b  

^a Physician Payment Review Commission   (United States)

^b NONE

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Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HEALTH INSURANCE; HEALTH SERVICE; HEALTH SERVICES RESEARCH; INSURANCE; MEDICAL FEE; MEDICARE; METHODOLOGY; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; STATISTICS; UNITED STATES; UTILIZATION REVIEW;

FEE-FOR-SERVICE PLANS; HEALTH SERVICES ACCESSIBILITY; HEALTH SERVICES NEEDS AND DEMAND; HEALTH SERVICES RESEARCH; INSURANCE CLAIM REPORTING; MANAGED CARE PROGRAMS; MEDICARE; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT (HEALTH CARE); UNITED STATES; UTILIZATION REVIEW;

EID: 0030154229     PISSN: 01958631     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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