Medicare Interim Payment System's Impact on Medicare Home Health Utilization

Health Care Financing Review

Volumn 25, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 81-97

  Liu, Korbin ^a   Long, Sharon K ^a   Dowling, Krista ^a  

^a URBAN INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BUDGET; COST BENEFIT ANALYSIS; FINANCIAL MANAGEMENT; HEALTH CARE PLANNING; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HEALTH CARE UTILIZATION; HOME HEALTH AGENCY; HUMAN; MANAGED CARE ORGANIZATION; MEDICARE; MEDICARE INTERIM PAYMENT SYSTEM; PATIENT SATISFACTION; REVIEW; SOCIOECONOMICS;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; BUDGETS; DISEASE; HEALTH STATUS INDICATORS; HOME CARE SERVICES; HUMANS; MEDICARE; MIDDLE AGED; REIMBURSEMENT MECHANISMS; UNITED STATES;

EID: 1642475064     PISSN: 01958631     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Review

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