Serving rural medicare risk enrollees: HMOs' decisions, experiences, and future plans

Health Care Financing Review

Volumn 20, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 73-81

  Casey, Michelle ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; DECISION MAKING; HEALTH MAINTENANCE ORGANIZATION; HEALTH PROGRAM; HUMAN; MEDICARE; POPULATION RISK; RISK FACTOR; RURAL HEALTH CARE; TREATMENT PLANNING;

AGED; CAPITATION FEE; DECISION MAKING, ORGANIZATIONAL; HEALTH MAINTENANCE ORGANIZATIONS; HUMANS; INSURANCE COVERAGE; MEDICARE; ORGANIZATIONAL POLICY; RATE SETTING AND REVIEW; RISK SHARING, FINANCIAL; RURAL HEALTH SERVICES; TAX EQUITY AND FISCAL RESPONSIBILITY ACT; UNITED STATES;

EID: 0032456032     PISSN: 01958631     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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