Health insurance and health at age 65: Implications for medical care spending on new medicare beneficiaries

Health Services Research

Volumn 41, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 429-451

  Hadley, Jack ^a   Waidmann, Timothy ^a  

^a URBAN INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

Health outcomes; Insurance; IV analysis; Medicare and Medicaid spending

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; DISABILITY; ELDERLY CARE; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HEALTH INSURANCE; HEALTH PROGRAM; HEALTH STATUS; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAID; MEDICAL CARE; MEDICARE; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; SURVIVAL;

AGED; FEMALE; HEALTH EXPENDITURES; HEALTH SERVICES RESEARCH; HEALTH STATUS; HUMANS; INSURANCE COVERAGE; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MALE; MEDICAID; MEDICARE; MIDDLE AGED; UNITED STATES;

EID: 33644857760     PISSN: 00179124     EISSN: 14756773     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1475-6773.2005.00491.x     Document Type: Article

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