Voluntary disenrollment from Medicare managed care: Market factors and disabled beneficiaries

Health Care Financing Review

Volumn 26, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 45-62

  Mobley, Lee ^a   McCormack, Lauren ^a   Booske, Bridget ^b   Wang, Jiantong ^a   Brown, G Gordon ^a   West, Nathan ^a   Lynch, Judith ^a   Squire, Claudia ^a   Heller, Amy ^c  

^a RTI INTERNATIONAL   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MADISON   (United States)

^c CENTERS FOR MEDICARE AND MEDICAID SERVICES   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; DISABILITY; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE ACCESS; HEALTH CARE COST; HEALTH MAINTENANCE ORGANIZATION; HEALTH STATUS; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MANAGED CARE; MEDICARE;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; DATA COLLECTION; DISABLED PERSONS; ECONOMIC COMPETITION; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MANAGED CARE PROGRAMS; MEDICARE; MIDDLE AGED; UNITED STATES;

EID: 19844366170     PISSN: 01958631     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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