Measuring underuse of necessary care among elderly medicare beneficiaries using inpatient and outpatient claims

Journal of the American Medical Association

Volumn 284, Issue 18, 2000, Pages 2325-2333

  Asch, Steven M ^a,b,c   Sloss, Elizabeth M ^a   Hogan, Christopher ^d   Brook, Robert H ^a,b   Kravitz, Richard L ^a,e  

^a RAND CORPORATION   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c VA GREATER LOS ANGELES HEALTHCARE SYSTEM   (United States)

^d Center for Health Services Research in Primary Care ^*  (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; BREAST CANCER; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; CEREBROVASCULAR DISEASE; DEPRESSION; DIABETES MELLITUS; GASTROINTESTINAL HEMORRHAGE; GERIATRIC CARE; GERIATRIC PATIENT; HEALTH CARE COST; HEALTH CARE UTILIZATION; HIP FRACTURE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MEDICARE; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

EID: 0034623607     PISSN: 00987484     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1001/jama.284.18.2325     Document Type: Article

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