Impact of the medicare interim payment system on length of use in home care among patients with medicare-only payment source

Home Health Care Services Quarterly

Volumn 24, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 65-79

  Han, Beth ^a   Remsburg, Robin E ^a  

^a NATIONAL CENTER FOR HEALTH STATISTICS   (United States)

Author keywords

Before and after the Medicare interim payment system; Home care patients with Medicare only payment source; Length of use

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; ECONOMICS; EPIDEMIOLOGY; FEMALE; HOME CARE; HUMAN; LENGTH OF STAY; MALE; MEDICARE; REIMBURSEMENT; STATISTICAL MODEL; UNITED STATES; UTILIZATION REVIEW;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE SURVEYS; HOME CARE SERVICES; HUMANS; LENGTH OF STAY; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; MEDICARE; REIMBURSEMENT MECHANISMS; UNITED STATES;

EID: 33646101487     PISSN: 01621424     EISSN: 15450856     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1300/J027v24n04_04     Document Type: Article

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