Disenrollment of Medicare Cancer Patients from Health Maintenance Organizations

Medical Care

Volumn 34, Issue 8, 1996, Pages 826-836

  Riley, Gerald F ^a   Feuer, Eric J ^b   Lubitz, James D ^a  

^a CENTERS FOR MEDICARE AND MEDICAID SERVICES   (United States)

^b NATIONAL CANCER INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

Access; Cancer; Disenrollment; Health maintenance organizations; Quality; Satisfaction

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; CANCER REGISTRY; ECONOMICS; FEMALE; HEALTH MAINTENANCE ORGANIZATION; HEALTH SERVICES RESEARCH; HUMAN; INSURANCE; MALE; MEDICARE; NEOPLASM; PATIENT; PATIENT SATISFACTION; PROPORTIONAL HAZARDS MODEL; RISK; STATISTICS; TIME; UNITED STATES; UTILIZATION REVIEW;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; FEMALE; HEALTH MAINTENANCE ORGANIZATIONS; HEALTH SERVICES RESEARCH; HUMANS; INSURANCE SELECTION BIAS; MALE; MEDICARE; NEOPLASMS; PATIENT DROPOUTS; PATIENT SATISFACTION; PROPORTIONAL HAZARDS MODELS; RISK; SEER PROGRAM; TIME FACTORS; UNITED STATES;

EID: 0030213388     PISSN: 00257079     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00005650-199608000-00009     Document Type: Article

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