Profile of medicare beneficiaries with AIDS: Application of an AIDS casefinding algorithm

Health Care Financing Review

Volumn 19, Issue 3, 1998, Pages 19-38

  Fasciano, Nancy J ^b   Cherlow, Ann L ^b   Turner, Barbara J ^b   Thornton, Craig V ^b   Watterworth, Jan ^a  

^a MATHEMATICA POLICY RESEARCH   (United States)

^b NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACQUIRED IMMUNE DEFICIENCY SYNDROME; ALGORITHM; CASE FINDING; EPIDEMIC; HEALTH CARE COST; MEDICARE; REVIEW;

ACQUIRED IMMUNODEFICIENCY SYNDROME; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ALGORITHMS; DEMOGRAPHY; ELIGIBILITY DETERMINATION; FEMALE; HEALTH EXPENDITURES; HEALTH SERVICES; HEALTH SERVICES RESEARCH; HUMANS; INSURANCE CLAIM REVIEW; MALE; MEDICARE; MIDDLE AGED; UNITED STATES;

EID: 0031771016     PISSN: 01958631     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Review

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