Outcome and utilization differences for older persons with stroke in HMO and fee-for-service systems

Journal of the American Geriatrics Society

Volumn 48, Issue 7, 2000, Pages 726-734

  Kramer, Andrew M ^a,c   Kowalsky, Jacqueline Cahill ^a   Lin, Michael ^a   Grigsby, James ^a   Hughes, Richard ^a   Steiner, John F ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c Center on Aging   (United States)

Author keywords

Health maintenance organizations; Managed care organizations; Rehabilitation; Stroke outcomes

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; COMMUNITY; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELDERLY CARE; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE UTILIZATION; HEALTH MAINTENANCE ORGANIZATION; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MANAGED CARE; MEDICAL FEE; MEDICARE; NURSING HOME; OUTCOMES RESEARCH; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; REHABILITATION CENTER; STROKE; TREATMENT OUTCOME; UNITED STATES;

EID: 0033946182     PISSN: 00028614     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1532-5415.2000.tb04745.x     Document Type: Article

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