Impact of the Medicare Catastrophic Coverage Act on Nursing Homes

Milbank Quarterly

Volumn 75, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 203-233

  Laliberte, Linda ^a   Mor, Vincent ^b   Berg, Katherine ^b  

^a BROWN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; DIAGNOSIS RELATED GROUP; FOLLOW UP; HEALTH INSURANCE; HEALTH SERVICES RESEARCH; HOSPITAL DISCHARGE; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; LEGAL ASPECT; LENGTH OF STAY; MEDICARE; NURSING HOME; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; PROBABILITY; UNITED STATES;

DIAGNOSIS-RELATED GROUPS; ELIGIBILITY DETERMINATION; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HEALTH SERVICES RESEARCH; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMANS; INSURANCE, MAJOR MEDICAL; LENGTH OF STAY; MARKOV CHAINS; MEDICARE; NURSING HOMES; PATIENT DISCHARGE; UNITED STATES;

EID: 0030628742     PISSN: 0887378X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/1468-0009.00052     Document Type: Article

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