Measuring access to effective care among elderly medicare enrollees in managed and fee-for-service care: A retrospective cohort study

BMC Health Services Research

Volumn 1, Issue , 2001, Pages 1-9

  Barton, Mary B ^a   Dayhoff, Debra A ^b   Soumerai, Stephen B ^a   Rosenbach, Margo L ^c   Fletcher, Robert H ^a  

^a HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^b Health Economics Research Inc   (United States)

^c MATHEMATICA POLICY RESEARCH   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; AUTOMATION; BREAST CANCER; CANCER SCREENING; CHRONIC DISEASE; COHORT ANALYSIS; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DATA ANALYSIS; ELDERLY CARE; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; GEOGRAPHY; HEALTH CARE ACCESS; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HEALTH MAINTENANCE ORGANIZATION; HEALTH SERVICE; HEART INFARCTION; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MANAGED CARE; MEASUREMENT; MEDICAL RECORD; MEDICARE; METHODOLOGY; MODEL; PATIENT CARE; PHYSICIAN; POPULATION; QUALITATIVE ANALYSIS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; STAFF; UNITED STATES; ACUTE DISEASE; EVALUATION; GROUP PRACTICE; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HEALTH SERVICES RESEARCH; INSURANCE; MEDICAL FEE; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; STANDARD; STATISTICS;

ACUTE DISEASE; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CHRONIC DISEASE; CONTINUITY OF PATIENT CARE; FEE-FOR-SERVICE PLANS; FEMALE; GROUP PRACTICE, PREPAID; HEALTH MAINTENANCE ORGANIZATIONS; HEALTH SERVICES ACCESSIBILITY; HEALTH SERVICES RESEARCH; HUMANS; INSURANCE CLAIM REVIEW; MALE; MEDICARE PART B; NEW ENGLAND; QUALITY INDICATORS, HEALTH CARE;

EID: 3042717169     PISSN: 14726963     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1472-6963-1-1     Document Type: Article

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