Impact of changes in medicare home health care reimbursement on month-to-month home health utilization between 1996 and 2001 for a national sample of patients undergoing orthopedic procedures

Medical Care

Volumn 44, Issue 9, 2006, Pages 870-878

  FitzGerald, John D ^a,c   Mangione, Carol M ^a   Boscardin, John ^b   Kominski, Gerald ^b   Hahn, Bevra ^a   Ettner, Susan L ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Home care; Medicare; Utilization

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTHROPLASTY; ARTICLE; FEMALE; HIP FRACTURE; HOME CARE; HUMAN; MALE; MEDICARE; MIDDLE AGED; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; REIMBURSEMENT; UTILIZATION REVIEW;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ARTHROPLASTY, REPLACEMENT; FEMALE; HIP FRACTURES; HOME CARE SERVICES; HUMANS; INSURANCE, HEALTH, REIMBURSEMENT; MALE; MEDICARE; MIDDLE AGED;

EID: 33748121231     PISSN: 00257079     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01.mlr.0000220687.92922.64     Document Type: Article

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