Medical care cost of medicare/medicaid beneficiaries with vision loss

Ophthalmic Epidemiology

Volumn 16, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 50-57

  Morse, Alan R ^a,b   Pyenson, Bruce S ^c  

^a Jewish Guild for the Blind   (United States)

^b New York Presbyterian Hospital   (United States)

^c MILLIMAN INC   (United States)

Author keywords

HCC; Healthcare cost; Medicaid; Medicare; Risk adjustment; Vision care

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE CLASSIFICATION; HEALTH CARE COST; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MEDICAID; MEDICAL CARE; MEDICARE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK ASSESSMENT; SCORING SYSTEM; VISUAL IMPAIRMENT;

AGED; BLINDNESS; COST OF ILLNESS; HEALTH CARE COSTS; HEALTH SERVICES; HEALTH SERVICES RESEARCH; HUMANS; MEDICAID; MEDICARE; MIDDLE AGED; OPHTHALMOLOGY; UNITED STATES; VISION, LOW; VISUALLY IMPAIRED PERSONS;

EID: 61649090484     PISSN: 09286586     EISSN: 17445086     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/09286580802523107     Document Type: Article

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