Access to ambulatory medical and long-term care services among elderly medicare and medicaid beneficiaries: Organizational, financial, and geographic barriers

Medical Care Research and Review

Volumn 62, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 300-319

  Niefeld, Marlene R ^a   Kasper, Judith D ^a  

^a JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Access to care; Dual eligibles; Dual enrollees; Elderly; Medicaid; Medicare

Indexed keywords

AFRICAN AMERICAN; AMBULATORY CARE; ARTICLE; DEMOGRAPHY; DOCTOR PATIENT RELATION; ELDERLY CARE; ETHNOLOGY; GEOGRAPHY; HEALTH CARE COST; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HEALTH CARE ORGANIZATION; HEALTH CARE UTILIZATION; HEALTH INSURANCE; HEALTH STATUS; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; LONG TERM CARE; MEDICAID; MEDICARE;

AFRICAN AMERICANS; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; AMBULATORY CARE; GEOGRAPHY; HEALTH CARE SURVEYS; HEALTH SERVICES ACCESSIBILITY; HUMANS; LONG-TERM CARE; MEDICAID; MEDICARE; MEDICARE PART B; POVERTY; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; UNITED STATES;

EID: 18644370417     PISSN: 10775587     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1077558705275418     Document Type: Article

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