The effect of HMOs on the inpatient utilization of medicare beneficiaries

Health Services Research

Volumn 39, Issue 5, 2004, Pages 1607-1628

  Dhanani, Nasreen ^a,b   O'Leary, June F ^b   Keeler, Emmett ^c   Bamezai, Anil ^c   Melnick, Glenn ^b  

^a RAND CORPORATION   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c RAND   (United States)

Author keywords

Inpatient utilization; Medicare; Risk HMO; Selection

Indexed keywords

AGING; ARTICLE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DECISION MAKING; GROWTH; HEALTH CARE UTILIZATION; HEALTH INSURANCE; HEALTH MAINTENANCE ORGANIZATION; HOSPITAL PATIENT; HOSPITALIZATION; INFORMATION PROCESSING; MANAGED CARE; MEDICAL FEE; MEDICARE; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; PREDICTION; SAMPLING; STATISTICAL MODEL;

EID: 4844224896     PISSN: 00179124     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1475-6773.2004.00306.x     Document Type: Article

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