An approach to forecasting health expenditures, with application to the U.S. Medicare system

Health Services Research

Volumn 37, Issue 5, 2002, Pages 1365-1386

  Lee, Ronald ^a   Miller, Timothy ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Demography; Forecasting; Health expenditures; Medicare

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; ECONOMIC ASPECT; FERTILITY; FORECASTING; HEALTH CARE COST; MEDICARE; MORTALITY; PROBABILITY; SIMULATION; STOCHASTIC MODEL; UNITED STATES;

ACCOUNTING; ACTUARIAL ANALYSIS; BIRTH RATE; DEMOGRAPHY; FORECASTING; HEALTH EXPENDITURES; HEALTH STATUS; HUMANS; MEDICARE; MODELS, ECONOMETRIC; MORTALITY; PROBABILITY; UNITED STATES; UNITED STATES CENTERS FOR MEDICARE AND MEDICAID SERVICES;

EID: 0036813117     PISSN: 00179124     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/1475-6773.01112     Document Type: Article

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