Predictors of Medicare costs in elderly beneficiaries with breast, colorectal, lung, or prostate cancer

Health Care Management Science

Volumn 2, Issue 3, 1999, Pages 149-160

  Penberthy, Lynne ^a   Retchin, Sheldon M ^a   Kathleen McDonald, M ^a   McClish, Donna K ^a   Desch, Christopher E ^a   Riley, Gerald F ^c   Smith, Thomas J ^a   Hillner, Bruce E ^a   Newschaffer, Craig J ^b  

^a VIRGINIA COMMONWEALTH UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b THOMAS JEFFERSON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c Health Care Financing Administration   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; CANCER REGISTRY; ECONOMICS; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE COST; HUMAN; MALE; MEDICAL RECORD; MEDICARE; NEOPLASM; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; STATISTICAL MODEL; STATISTICS; UNITED STATES;

AGED; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE COSTS; HUMANS; LEAST-SQUARES ANALYSIS; MALE; MEDICAL RECORD LINKAGE; MEDICARE; MODELS, ECONOMETRIC; NEOPLASMS; SEER PROGRAM; UNITED STATES;

EID: 0033155973     PISSN: 13869620     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1019096030306     Document Type: Article

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