Selection bias and utilization of the dual eligibles in medicare and medicaid HMOs

Health Services Research

Volumn 43, Issue 5 P1, 2008, Pages 1598-1618

  Zhang, Hui ^a   Kane, Robert L ^b   Dowd, Bryan ^b   Feldman, Roger ^b  

^a California External Quality Review Organization   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

Author keywords

Elderly; Hospitalization; Managed care; Nursing home; Program evaluation

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; ECONOMIC ASPECT; EMERGENCY WARD; FEMALE; GERIATRIC CARE; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HOSPITAL PATIENT; HUMAN; MALE; MEDICAID; MEDICAL SERVICE; MEDICARE; NURSING HOME; PHYSICIAN; RESIDENCY EDUCATION; TIME;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; BIAS (EPIDEMIOLOGY); FEMALE; HEALTH MAINTENANCE ORGANIZATIONS; HEALTH SERVICES; HUMANS; MALE; MEDICAID; MEDICARE; MINNESOTA; MODELS, ECONOMIC; PATIENT SELECTION; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; UNITED STATES;

EID: 52149099211     PISSN: 00179124     EISSN: 14756773     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1475-6773.2008.00861.x     Document Type: Article

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