Rolling back medicare home health

Health Care Financing Review

Volumn 24, Issue 2, 2002, Pages 33-55

  Komisar, Harriet L ^a  

^a GEORGETOWN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BUDGET; FINANCIAL MANAGEMENT; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HEALTH INSURANCE; HOME CARE; MEDICARE; NURSING; NURSING HOME; PROSPECTIVE PAYMENT; REVIEW;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; BUDGETS; ELIGIBILITY DETERMINATION; EPISODE OF CARE; FEMALE; HEALTH EXPENDITURES; HOME CARE SERVICES; HOUSE CALLS; HUMANS; INSURANCE CLAIM REVIEW; MALE; MEDICARE PART A; MIDDLE AGED; PROSPECTIVE PAYMENT SYSTEM; UNITED STATES; UTILIZATION REVIEW;

EID: 0036932576     PISSN: 01958631     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Review

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