Do HMOs reduce preventable hospitalizations for medicare beneficiaries?

Medical Care Research and Review

Volumn 64, Issue 5, 2007, Pages 544-567

  Basu, Jayasree ^a   Mobley, Lee R ^b  

^a AGENCY FOR HEALTHCARE RESEARCH AND QUALITY   (United States)

^b Research Triangle Institute

Author keywords

Elderly; Medicare managed care; Preventable hospitalizations; Severity of illness

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DEMOGRAPHY; DISEASE SEVERITY; ELDERLY CARE; HEALTH CARE COST; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HEALTH CARE UTILIZATION; HEALTH MAINTENANCE ORGANIZATION; HEALTH SERVICE; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HOSPITAL DISCHARGE; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL RESEARCH; MEDICARE; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; UNITED STATES;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; FEE-FOR-SERVICE PLANS; FEMALE; HEALTH MAINTENANCE ORGANIZATIONS; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMANS; MALE; MEDICARE; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; UNITED STATES;

EID: 34548816999     PISSN: 10775587     EISSN: 15526801     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1077558707301955     Document Type: Article

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