Changes in the medicare home health care market the impact of reimbursement policy

Medical Care

Volumn 47, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 302-309

  Choi, Sunha ^a   Davitt, Joan K ^b  

^a BINGHAMTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Balanced budget act; Home health care; Medicare; Policy analysis

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; HEALTH CARE ACCESS; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HOME HEALTH AGENCY; LAW; MARKET; MEDICARE; REIMBURSEMENT; UNITED STATES; BUDGET; CLASSIFICATION; DIAGNOSIS RELATED GROUP; ECONOMICS; EVALUATION; GOVERNMENT; HEALTH CARE COST; HEALTH SERVICES RESEARCH; HOME CARE; HUMAN; LEGAL ASPECT; MEDICAL FEE; NON PROFIT ORGANIZATION; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; PATIENT CARE; PROSPECTIVE PAYMENT; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; STATISTICS;

BUDGETS; CENTERS FOR MEDICARE AND MEDICAID SERVICES (U.S.); DIAGNOSIS-RELATED GROUPS; EPISODE OF CARE; FEE-FOR-SERVICE PLANS; HEALTH CARE SECTOR; HEALTH POLICY; HEALTH SERVICES RESEARCH; HOME CARE AGENCIES; HUMANS; MEDICARE; ORGANIZATIONS, NONPROFIT; PRIVATE SECTOR; PROSPECTIVE PAYMENT SYSTEM; PUBLIC SECTOR; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; REIMBURSEMENT MECHANISMS; UNITED STATES;

EID: 61849118973     PISSN: 00257079     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/MLR.0b013e31818afbf9     Document Type: Article

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