The Costs of Decedents in the Medicare Program: Implications for Payments to Medicare+Choice Plans

Health Services Research

Volumn 39, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 111-130

  Buntin, Melinda Beeuwkes ^a   Garber, Alan M ^b,c   McClellan, Mark ^c,d   Newhouse, Joseph P ^e  

^a RAND CORPORATION   (United States)

^b VETERANS AFFAIRS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^c STANFORD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d CENTER FOR DRUG EVALUATION AND RESEARCH   (United States)

^e HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

Author keywords

End of life costs; Managed care; Medicare; Risk adjustment

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE COST; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HEALTH CARE PLANNING; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MANAGED CARE; MEDICARE; RISK ASSESSMENT; TERMINALLY ILL PATIENT;

ACTUARIAL ANALYSIS; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CAPITATION FEE; COST OF ILLNESS; FEE-FOR-SERVICE PLANS; HEALTH SERVICES ACCESSIBILITY; HEALTH SERVICES FOR THE AGED; HEALTH SERVICES NEEDS AND DEMAND; HUMANS; INSURANCE SELECTION BIAS; MEDICARE PART C; RATE SETTING AND REVIEW; RISK ADJUSTMENT; UNITED STATES;

EID: 1642535353     PISSN: 00179124     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1475-6773.2004.00218.x     Document Type: Article

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