Medicare HMOs: Who joins and who leaves?

American Journal of Managed Care

Volumn 4, Issue 4, 1998, Pages 511-518

  Virnig, Beth A ^a,b,c   Morgan, Robert O ^a,b,c   DeVito, Carolee A ^a,b,c   Persily, Nancy Alfred ^c,d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MIAMI MILLER SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b VETERANS AFFAIRS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MIAMI   (United States)

^d GEORGE WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; DEMOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HEALTH MAINTENANCE ORGANIZATION; HUMAN; INCOME; LOWEST INCOME GROUP; MALE; MEDICARE; NEGRO; NORMAL HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; UNITED STATES;

AGED; CAPITATION FEE; CHOICE BEHAVIOR; DEMOGRAPHY; FEE-FOR-SERVICE PLANS; FEMALE; FLORIDA; HEALTH CARE SURVEYS; HEALTH MAINTENANCE ORGANIZATIONS; HUMANS; MALE; MEDICARE; PATIENT ACCEPTANCE OF HEALTH CARE; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; UNITED STATES;

EID: 0031927650     PISSN: 10880224     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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