An analysis of disenrollment from medicare managed care plans by Medicare beneficiaries with diabetes

Medical Care

Volumn 43, Issue 5, 2005, Pages 500-506

  Atherly, Adam ^a,e   Hebert, Paul L ^b   Maciejewski, Matthew L ^c,d  

^a EMORY UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b MOUNT SINAI SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

^d VA PUGET SOUND HEALTH CARE SYSTEM   (United States)

^e EMORY UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Diabetes; Disenrollment; Managed care; Medicare

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; CLASSIFICATION; COST EFFECTIVENESS ANALYSIS; DECISION MAKING; DIABETES MELLITUS; DIABETIC COMPLICATION; DRUG COST; ECONOMICS; HEALTH CARE COST; HEALTH CARE FINANCING; HEALTH CARE MANAGEMENT; HEALTH INSURANCE; HEALTH MAINTENANCE ORGANIZATION; HEART DISEASE; HUMAN; MEDICARE; PATIENT SATISFACTION; PRESCRIPTION; RISK; SAMPLE; STATISTICAL MODEL; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; TASK PERFORMANCE; TIME; TIME SERIES ANALYSIS; UNITED STATES; UTILIZATION REVIEW; VISUAL DISORDER;

AGED; CHOICE BEHAVIOR; DIABETES COMPLICATIONS; DIABETES MELLITUS; HEALTH EXPENDITURES; HEALTH MAINTENANCE ORGANIZATIONS; HUMANS; MEDICARE PART A; MEDICARE PART B; MODELS, ECONOMETRIC; PATIENT SATISFACTION; PRESCRIPTIONS, DRUG; RISK; TIME FACTORS; UNITED STATES;

EID: 18844418946     PISSN: 00257079     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01.mlr.0000160420.82977.ae     Document Type: Article

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