The cost of eliminating the 24-month medicare waiting period for social security disabled-worker beneficiaries

Medical Care

Volumn 42, Issue 4, 2004, Pages 387-394

  Riley, Gerald F ^a  

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

Author keywords

Disability; Medicare; Social security disability insurance; Waiting period

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; COHORT ANALYSIS; DISABILITY; ECONOMICS; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HEALTH SERVICES RESEARCH; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HUMAN; INSURANCE; LEGAL ASPECT; MALE; MEDICAL RECORD; MEDICARE; MIDDLE AGED; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; POLICY; PREDICTION AND FORECASTING; SOCIAL SECURITY; STANDARD; STATISTICAL MODEL; SURVIVAL RATE; UNITED STATES;

ADULT; COHORT STUDIES; DISABILITY EVALUATION; ELIGIBILITY DETERMINATION; FEMALE; HEALTH SERVICES ACCESSIBILITY; HEALTH SERVICES RESEARCH; HUMANS; INSURANCE, DISABILITY; MALE; MEDICAL RECORD LINKAGE; MEDICARE; MIDDLE AGED; MODELS, ECONOMETRIC; ORGANIZATIONAL POLICY; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; SOCIAL SECURITY; SURVIVAL RATE; UNITED STATES; WAITING LISTS;

EID: 2142813032     PISSN: 00257079     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01.mlr.0000118873.10396.fc     Document Type: Article

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