Multimorbidity and a comprehensive medicare care-coordination benefit

Journal of the American Geriatrics Society

Volumn 53, Issue 12, 2005, Pages 2227-2228

  McCormick, Wayne C ^a   Boling, Peter A ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

^b VIRGINIA COMMONWEALTH UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMORBIDITY; EDITORIAL; EMERGENCY; HEALTH CARE; HEALTH CARE COST; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HOME CARE; HOSPICE; HUMAN; MEDICAL PROFESSION; MEDICARE; TELEPHONE;

AGED; CASE MANAGEMENT; CHRONIC DISEASE; COMORBIDITY; COST CONTROL; DISEASE MANAGEMENT; ELIGIBILITY DETERMINATION; HEALTH CARE COSTS; HEALTH POLICY; HEALTH SERVICES FOR THE AGED; HUMANS; MEDICARE; UNITED STATES;

EID: 29344453568     PISSN: 00028614     EISSN: 15325415     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1532-5415.2005.00504.x     Document Type: Editorial

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