Determinants of health care utilization by German sickness fund members - With application to risk adjustment

Health Economics

Volumn 12, Issue 5, 2003, Pages 367-376

  Breyer, Friedrich ^a   Heineck, Martin ^a   Lorenz, Norman ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KONSTANZ   (Germany)

Author keywords

Health care expenditures; Risk adjustment

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; DATA BASE; DEMOGRAPHY; FAMILY HEALTH; FEMALE; GERMANY; HEALTH CARE COST; HEALTH CARE SYSTEM; HEALTH CARE UTILIZATION; HEALTH ECONOMICS; HUMAN; INFANT; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RATING SCALE; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; REGULATORY MECHANISM; REIMBURSEMENT; REVIEW; RISK ASSESSMENT; SEX DIFFERENCE; SOCIAL INSURANCE; SOCIOECONOMICS;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; DATA COLLECTION; FAMILY; FEMALE; GERMANY; HEALTH EXPENDITURES; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; INSURANCE SELECTION BIAS; INSURANCE, HEALTH; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NATIONAL HEALTH PROGRAMS; RISK ADJUSTMENT; RISK SHARING, FINANCIAL; UTILIZATION REVIEW;

EID: 0038629116     PISSN: 10579230     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/hec.757     Document Type: Review

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