Physician perceptions of HMO care for older persons

Journal of the American Geriatrics Society

Volumn 48, Issue 6, 2000, Pages 607-612

  Dixon, Melissa K ^a,b,c   Kirschner, Pamela B ^a,b,c   Edelberg, Helen K ^a,b,c   Ayanian, John Z ^a,b,c   Wei, Jeanne Y ^a,b,c  

^a Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center   (Israel)

^b BRIGHAM AND WOMEN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

^c HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

Author keywords

Elderly; Medicare managed care; Policies; Practice; Quality

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELDERLY CARE; HEALTH CARE PLANNING; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HEALTH MAINTENANCE ORGANIZATION; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MEDICARE; PHYSICIAN ATTITUDE; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; UNITED STATES;

AGED; ATTITUDE OF HEALTH PERSONNEL; DATA COLLECTION; FEMALE; HEALTH MAINTENANCE ORGANIZATIONS; HEALTH SERVICES FOR THE AGED; HUMANS; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; MASSACHUSETTS; MEDICARE; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; ORGANIZATIONAL POLICY; PHYSICIAN'S PRACTICE PATTERNS; PRIMARY HEALTH CARE; QUALITY OF HEALTH CARE; UNITED STATES;

EID: 0034043349     PISSN: 00028614     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1532-5415.2000.tb04716.x     Document Type: Article

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