Effect of using information from only one system for dually eligible health care users

Medical Care

Volumn 44, Issue 8, 2006, Pages 768-773

  Byrne, Margaret M ^a   Kuebeler, Mark ^b   Pietz, Kenneth ^b   Petersen, Laura A ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MIAMI   (United States)

^b BAYLOR COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Diagnoses; Illness burden; Medicare; Risk adjustment; Veterans

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; COHORT ANALYSIS; COST OF ILLNESS; GOVERNMENT; HEALTH MAINTENANCE ORGANIZATION; HUMAN; MALE; MEDICARE; METHODOLOGY; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; RISK ASSESSMENT; UNITED STATES;

AGED; COHORT STUDIES; COST OF ILLNESS; ELIGIBILITY DETERMINATION; HEALTH MAINTENANCE ORGANIZATIONS; HUMANS; MALE; MEDICARE; RISK ADJUSTMENT; UNITED STATES; UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF VETERANS AFFAIRS;

EID: 33747847096     PISSN: 00257079     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01.mlr.0000218786.44722.14     Document Type: Article

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