Who provides care to medicare beneficiaries and what settings do they use?

Journal of the American Board of Family Practice

Volumn 17, Issue 5, 2004, Pages 384-387

  Xakellis, George C ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; FEMALE; GENERAL PRACTITIONER; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HEALTH SERVICE; HEALTH SURVEY; HOME CARE; HOSPITAL; HUMAN; MALE; MEDICARE; NURSING HOME; AMBULATORY CARE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; ELDERLY CARE; EPIDEMIOLOGY; GENERAL PRACTICE; GERIATRICS; HOSPITALIZATION; INSURANCE; INTERNAL MEDICINE; POPULATION DYNAMICS; PRIMARY HEALTH CARE; QUESTIONNAIRE; STATISTICS; UNITED STATES; UTILIZATION REVIEW;

AGED; FAMILY PRACTICE; FEMALE; GERIATRICS; HEALTH CARE SURVEYS; HEALTH SERVICES FOR THE AGED; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMANS; INSURANCE CLAIM REVIEW; INTERNAL MEDICINE; MALE; MEDICARE; NURSING HOMES; OFFICE VISITS; POPULATION DYNAMICS; PRIMARY HEALTH CARE; QUESTIONNAIRES; UNITED STATES;

EID: 16544394828     PISSN: 08938652     EISSN: 15448770     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3122/jabfm.17.5.384     Document Type: Article

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