Impact of medicare managed care market withdrawal on beneficiaries

Health Care Financing Review

Volumn 24, Issue 1, 2002, Pages 95-115

  Booske, Bridget C ^a   Lynch, Judith ^b   Riley, Gerald ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MADISON   (United States)

^b NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; BEHAVIOR; DISABLED PERSON; DRUG COST; EDUCATION; FEMALE; HEALTH INSURANCE; HEALTH MAINTENANCE ORGANIZATION; HEALTH STATUS; HUMAN; INFORMATION; KIDNEY FAILURE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MANAGED CARE; MEDICARE; MINORITY GROUP; PATIENT ATTITUDE; REVIEW; SATISFACTION;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CONSUMER SATISFACTION; COST SHARING; FEES AND CHARGES; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE SURVEYS; HEALTH MAINTENANCE ORGANIZATIONS; HEALTH SERVICES ACCESSIBILITY; HUMANS; INSURANCE COVERAGE; INSURANCE SELECTION BIAS; MALE; MEDICARE PART C; MIDDLE AGED; UNITED STATES; VULNERABLE POPULATIONS;

EID: 0036760650     PISSN: 01958631     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Review

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