Use of health services by previously uninsured medicare beneficiaries

New England Journal of Medicine

Volumn 357, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 143-153

  McWilliams, J Michael ^a,b   Meara, Ellen ^b,d   Zaslavsky, Alan M ^b   Ayanian, John Z ^a,b,c  

^a BRIGHAM AND WOMEN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

^b HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^c HARVARD SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^d NATIONAL BUREAU OF ECONOMIC RESEARCH   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; DIABETES MELLITUS; FEMALE; GROUPS BY AGE; HEALTH CARE; HEALTH CARE COST; HEALTH INSURANCE; HEALTH SERVICE; HEART DISEASE; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICARE; PHYSICIAN; PRESCRIPTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCORING SYSTEM; SELF REPORT; STROKE;

EID: 34447329599     PISSN: 00284793     EISSN: 15334406     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1056/NEJMsa067712     Document Type: Article

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