Plan characteristics and SSI enrollees' access to and quality of care in four TennCare MCOs

Health Services Research

Volumn 37, Issue 5, 2002, Pages 1197-1220

  Hill, Steven C ^a   Wooldridge, Judith ^b  

^a AGENCY FOR HEALTHCARE RESEARCH AND QUALITY   (United States)

^b MATHEMATICA POLICY RESEARCH   (United States)

Author keywords

Disability; Managed care; Medicaid

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BLINDNESS; COMPARATIVE STUDY; COMPUTER; DISABILITY; HEALTH CARE ACCESS; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; INCOME; MANAGED CARE ORGANIZATION; MEDICAID; MEDICAL SPECIALIST; PATIENT CARE; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SOCIAL SECURITY; TELEPHONE; UNITED STATES;

CONTINUITY OF PATIENT CARE; DISABLED PERSONS; HEALTH SERVICES ACCESSIBILITY; HEALTH SERVICES RESEARCH; HUMANS; MANAGED CARE PROGRAMS; MEDICAID; PREVENTIVE HEALTH SERVICES; QUALITY OF HEALTH CARE; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; STATE HEALTH PLANS; TENNESSEE; UNITED STATES;

EID: 0036812598     PISSN: 00179124     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/1475-6773.01172     Document Type: Article

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