Outcomes of stroke patients in medicare fee for service and managed care

JAMA

Volumn 278, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 119-124

  Retchin, Sheldon M ^a,c   Brown, Randall S ^b   Yeh, Shu Chuan Jennifer ^a   Chu, Dexter ^b   Moreno, Lorenzo ^b  

^a VIRGINIA COMMONWEALTH UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b MATHEMATICA POLICY RESEARCH   (United States)

^c Box 980270   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; FEMALE; HEALTH MAINTENANCE ORGANIZATION; HOSPITAL DISCHARGE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICARE; NURSING HOME; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REHABILITATION CENTER; STROKE; SURVIVAL; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 0030741941     PISSN: 00987484     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1001/jama.278.2.119     Document Type: Article

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