Medical care expenditures under gatekeeper and point-of-service Arrangements

Health Services Research

Volumn 36, Issue 6 I, 2001, Pages 1037-1057

  Escarce, J J ^a   Kapur, K ^a   Joyce, G F ^a   Van Vorst, K A ^a  

^a RAND CORPORATION   (United States)

Author keywords

Access; Gatekeeper HMO; Managed care; Medical care expenditures; Point of service HMO

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE ACCESS; HEALTH CARE COST; HEALTH CARE NEED; HEALTH CARE PLANNING; HEALTH CARE UTILIZATION; HEALTH MAINTENANCE ORGANIZATION; HEALTH SERVICE; HOSPITAL SERVICE; HUMAN; MALE; MANAGED CARE ORGANIZATION;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; COST CONTROL; COST SHARING; DRUG UTILIZATION; FEMALE; GATEKEEPING; HEALTH EXPENDITURES; HEALTH MAINTENANCE ORGANIZATIONS; HEALTH SERVICES ACCESSIBILITY; HEALTH SERVICES RESEARCH; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MIDWESTERN UNITED STATES; MODELS, ECONOMETRIC; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; NEEDS ASSESSMENT; PATIENT FREEDOM OF CHOICE LAWS; PHYSICIAN INCENTIVE PLANS; PRIMARY HEALTH CARE; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; UTILIZATION REVIEW;

EID: 0035666673     PISSN: 00179124     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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