Out-of-pocket health spending by poor and near-poor elderly Medicare beneficiaries

Health Services Research

Volumn 34, Issue 1 II, 1999, Pages 241-254

  Gross, David J ^a   Alecxih, Lisa ^a   Gibson, Mary Jo ^a   Corea, John ^a   Caplan, Craig ^a   Brangan, Normandy ^a  

^a NONE

Author keywords

Low income; Medicare; Out of pocket spending

Indexed keywords

CONFERENCE PAPER; ELDERLY CARE; HEALTH CARE COST; HEALTH MAINTENANCE ORGANIZATION; HUMAN; LOWEST INCOME GROUP; MEDICARE;

AGED; COST SHARING; DEDUCTIBLES AND COINSURANCE; FINANCING, PERSONAL; HEALTH EXPENDITURES; HEALTH MAINTENANCE ORGANIZATIONS; HUMANS; INCOME; INSURANCE BENEFITS; INSURANCE, MEDIGAP; MEDICAID; MEDICARE; MODELS, ECONOMIC; POVERTY; UNITED STATES;

EID: 0032913709     PISSN: 00179124     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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