Case selection for a medicaid chronic care management program

Health Care Financing Review

Volumn 30, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 61-74

  Weir, Sharada ^a   Aweh, Gideon ^a   Clark, Robin E ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MASSACHUSETTS MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CASE MANAGEMENT; CHRONIC DISEASE; HEALTH CARE; HEALTH CARE COST; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HEALTH CARE UTILIZATION; HEALTH PROGRAM; HUMAN; LONG TERM CARE; MEDICAID; PROSPECTIVE PAYMENT; UNITED STATES;

CHRONIC DISEASE; COST CONTROL; DISEASE MANAGEMENT; FORECASTING; HUMANS; MEDICAID; MODELS, THEORETICAL; QUALITY OF HEALTH CARE; UNITED STATES; VERMONT; VULNERABLE POPULATIONS;

EID: 55949113561     PISSN: 01958631     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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