Socioeconomic disparities in the use of home health services in a medicare managed care population

Health Services Research

Volumn 39, Issue 5, 2004, Pages 1277-1298

  Freedman, Vicki A ^a   Rogowski, Jeannette ^c   Wickstrom, Steven L ^e   Adams, John ^c   Marainen, Jonas ^b   Escarce, José J ^c,d  

^a POLISHER RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

^b Madlyn Leonard Abramson Ctr J   (United States)

^c RAND CORPORATION   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^e Ctr for Hlth Care Plcy and Eval   (United States)

Author keywords

Access to care; Durable medical equipment (DME); Health maintenance organization (HMO); Home health; Managed care; Medicare

Indexed keywords

AGED; CONTROLLED STUDY; EDUCATION; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE COST; HEALTH CARE PLANNING; HEALTH CARE UTILIZATION; HEALTH INSURANCE; HEALTH SERVICE; HOME CARE; HUMAN; LOWEST INCOME GROUP; MALE; MEDICAL INSTRUMENTATION; MEDICARE; RACE DIFFERENCE; REVIEW; SOCIOECONOMICS; STATISTICAL MODEL;

EID: 4844225275     PISSN: 00179124     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1475-6773.2004.00290.x     Document Type: Review

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