Variations in cataract extraction rates in medicare prepaid and fee- for-service settings

JAMA

Volumn 277, Issue 22, 1997, Pages 1765-1768

  Goldzweig, Caroline Lubick ^a,b,c   Mittman, Brian S ^c   Carter, Grace M ^c   Donyo, Tenzing ^c   Brook, Robert H ^b,c   Lee, Paul ^c,d   Mangione, Carol M ^b,c  

^a VETERANS AFFAIRS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c RAND CORPORATION   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; CATARACT; CATARACT EXTRACTION; ELDERLY CARE; FEMALE; HEALTH INSURANCE; HEALTH MAINTENANCE ORGANIZATION; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICARE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS;

EID: 0030986736     PISSN: 00987484     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1001/jama.277.22.1765     Document Type: Article

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