Understanding biased selection in Medicare HMOs

Health Services Research

Volumn 38, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 961-992

  Mello, Michelle M ^a   Stearns, Sally C ^b   Norton, Edward C ^b   Ricketts III, Thomas C ^c  

^a HARVARD SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^b IL   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA   (United States)

Author keywords

Health maintenance organizations; Managed care; Market penetration; Medicare; Selection bias

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; EPIDEMIOLOGY; HEALTH CARE COST; HEALTH MAINTENANCE ORGANIZATION; HEALTH STATUS; MANAGED CARE; MARKETING; MEASUREMENT; MEDICARE; MODEL; PATIENT SELECTION; POLICY; RISK ASSESSMENT; SELF REPORT;

AGED; CAPITATION FEE; COMPREHENSIVE HEALTH CARE; HEALTH MAINTENANCE ORGANIZATIONS; HEALTH SERVICES RESEARCH; HEALTH STATUS; HUMANS; INSURANCE SELECTION BIAS; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MEDICARE; MODELS, ECONOMETRIC; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SELF ASSESSMENT (PSYCHOLOGY); UNITED STATES;

EID: 0037945454     PISSN: 00179124     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/1475-6773.00156     Document Type: Article

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