Measuring the quality of care provided to community dwelling vulnerable elders dually enrolled in medicare and medicaid

Medical Care

Volumn 45, Issue 10, 2007, Pages 931-938

  Zingmond, David S ^a,e   Wilber, Kathleen H ^b   MacLean, Catherine H ^a,c,d,e   Wenger, Neil S ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c RAND CORPORATION   (United States)

^d Wellpoint Inc   (United States)

^e Div Gen Int Med Hlth Serv Res   (United States)

Author keywords

Geriatrics; Long term care; Process of care; Quality of care

Indexed keywords

EID: 34748917026     PISSN: 00257079     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/MLR.0b013e318127143e     Document Type: Article

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