Trends in out-of-pocket healthcare costs among older community-dwelling medicare beneficiaries

American Journal of Managed Care

Volumn 14, Issue 10, 2008, Pages 692-696

  Riley, Gerald F ^a  

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

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; COMMUNITY LIVING; DRUG COST; FEMALE; GERIATRIC PATIENT; HEALTH CARE COST; HEALTH INSURANCE; HEALTH STATUS; HUMAN; INCOME; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICARE; OUT OF POCKET HEALTHCARE COST; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; COST OF ILLNESS; COSTS AND COST ANALYSIS; FEMALE; FINANCING, PERSONAL; HEALTH STATUS; HUMANS; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MALE; MEDICARE; UNITED STATES;

EID: 53649106816     PISSN: 10880224     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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