The effect of disease management on utilization of services by race/ethnicity: Evidence from the Florida Medicaid program

American Journal of Managed Care

Volumn 14, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 168-172

  Kominski, Gerald F ^a,b   Morisky, Donald E ^a   Afifi, Abdelmonem A ^a   Kotlerman, Jenny B ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; EMERGENCY WARD; ETHNICITY; HEALTH CARE UTILIZATION; HEALTH PROGRAM; HOSPITAL PATIENT; LENGTH OF STAY; MEDICAID; OUTPATIENT CARE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RACE DIFFERENCE; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; UNITED STATES;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; CHRONIC DISEASE; CONTINENTAL POPULATION GROUPS; FEMALE; FLORIDA; HEALTH SERVICES; HUMANS; MALE; MANAGED CARE PROGRAMS; MEDICAID; MIDDLE AGED; REGRESSION ANALYSIS;

EID: 40549085380     PISSN: 10880224     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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