Medicaid managed care: Are academic medical centers penalized by attracting patients with high-cost conditions?

American Journal of Managed Care

Volumn 9, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 19-29

  Heisler, Michele ^a,c   DeMonner, Sonya M ^a,c   Billi, John E ^a   Hayward, Rodney A ^a,b,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

^c VETERANS AFFAIRS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACQUIRED IMMUNE DEFICIENCY SYNDROME; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BLOOD DISEASE; CANCER; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; CHILD; COHORT ANALYSIS; COMMUNITY CARE; COST OF ILLNESS; DATA BASE; FEMALE; GASTROINTESTINAL DISEASE; GRAFT INFECTION; GYNECOLOGIC DISEASE; HEALTH CARE ACCESS; HEALTH CARE COST; HEALTH CARE NEED; HEALTH CARE UTILIZATION; HEALTH INSURANCE; HOSPITAL COST; HUMAN; INFANT; KIDNEY DISEASE; LINEAR REGRESSION ANALYSIS; LUNG DISEASE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MANAGED CARE; MANAGED CARE ORGANIZATION; MEDICAID; MEDICAL CARE; MENTAL DISEASE; METABOLIC DISORDER; MUSCULOSKELETAL DISEASE; NEWBORN; PREFERRED PROVIDER ORGANIZATION; PREVALENCE; PRIMARY MEDICAL CARE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SKIN DISEASE; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; STUDENT T TEST; UNITED STATES; UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL;

ACADEMIC MEDICAL CENTERS; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; CHRONIC DISEASE; COHORT STUDIES; FEE SCHEDULES; FEMALE; HEALTH MAINTENANCE ORGANIZATIONS; HEALTH SERVICES RESEARCH; HOSPITAL COSTS; HOSPITALS, COMMUNITY; HUMANS; MALE; MEDICAID; MICHIGAN; MIDDLE AGED; PRESCRIPTIONS, DRUG; PREVALENCE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; UNITED STATES; UTILIZATION REVIEW;

EID: 0037270167     PISSN: 10880224     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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