Managed care and medical expenditures of Medicare beneficiaries

Journal of Health Economics

Volumn 27, Issue 6, 2008, Pages 1451-1461

  Chernew, Michael ^a   DeCicca, Philip ^b   Town, Robert ^c  

^a HARVARD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b MCMASTER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

Author keywords

Managed care; Medicare

Indexed keywords

ESTIMATION METHOD; HEALTH EXPENDITURE; HEALTH STATUS; NUMERICAL MODEL;

ARTICLE; HEALTH CARE FINANCING; HEALTH CARE UTILIZATION; MEDICAL CARE; MEDICAL SERVICE; MEDICARE;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; DATA COLLECTION; FEMALE; HEALTH EXPENDITURES; HUMANS; MALE; MANAGED CARE PROGRAMS; MEDICARE; UNITED STATES;

EID: 55149094738     PISSN: 01676296     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jhealeco.2008.07.014     Document Type: Article

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