Voluntary disenrollment from medicare advantage plans: Valuable signals of market performance

American Journal of Managed Care

Volumn 13, Issue 12, 2007, Pages 677-684

  Mobley, Lee R ^a   McCormack, Lauren A ^a   Wang, Jiantong ^a   Squire, Claudia ^a   Kenyon, Anne ^a   Lynch, Judith T ^a   Heller, Amy ^b  

^a RTI INTERNATIONAL   (United States)

^b CENTERS FOR MEDICARE AND MEDICAID SERVICES   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AFRICAN AMERICAN; ARTICLE; COMPETITION; DATA ANALYSIS; DECISION MAKING; DEMOGRAPHY; FINANCIAL MANAGEMENT; HEALTH CARE COST; HEALTH CARE PLANNING; HEALTH INSURANCE; HEALTH SERVICE; HEALTH STATUS; HEALTH SURVEY; HISPANIC; HUMAN; MEDICARE; PRESCRIPTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

AGED; CHOICE BEHAVIOR; CONSUMER SATISFACTION; COST SHARING; DISABLED PERSONS; HEALTH CARE SURVEYS; HEALTH EXPENDITURES; HUMANS; INSURANCE SELECTION BIAS; MEDICARE PART C; MIDDLE AGED; UNITED STATES;

EID: 37349090475     PISSN: 10880224     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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