Disability outcomes of older medicare HMO enrollees and fee-for-service medicare beneficiaries

Journal of the American Geriatrics Society

Volumn 49, Issue 5, 2001, Pages 615-631

  Porell, Frank W ^a   Miltiades, Helen B ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MASSACHUSETTS BOSTON   (United States)

^b BOSTON COLLEGE   (United States)

Author keywords

Access; Disability; Managed care; Outcomes

Indexed keywords

AGED; AGING; ARTICLE; DAILY LIFE ACTIVITY; DISABILITY; FUNCTIONAL ASSESSMENT; HEALTH CARE ACCESS; HEALTH INSURANCE; HEALTH MAINTENANCE ORGANIZATION; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MANAGED CARE; MEDICARE; OUTCOMES RESEARCH;

ACTIVITIES OF DAILY LIVING; AGED; DISABLED PERSONS; FEE-FOR-SERVICE PLANS; FEMALE; GERIATRIC ASSESSMENT; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HEALTH MAINTENANCE ORGANIZATIONS; HEALTH SERVICES ACCESSIBILITY; HEALTH SERVICES RESEARCH; HEALTH STATUS; HUMANS; INSURANCE, MEDIGAP; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; MEDICARE; MORBIDITY; MORTALITY; ODDS RATIO; QUESTIONNAIRES; RISK FACTORS; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; TREATMENT OUTCOME; UNITED STATES;

EID: 0035004446     PISSN: 00028614     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1532-5415.2001.49123.x     Document Type: Article

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