Urban-rural differences in the effect of a medicare health promotion and disease self-management program on physical function and health care expenditures

Gerontologist

Volumn 49, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 407-417

  Meng, Hongdao ^a   Wamsley, Brenda ^b   Liebel, Diane ^c   Dixon, Denise ^d   Eggert, Gerald ^e   Van Nostrand, Joan ^f  

^a STONY BROOK UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b WEST VIRGINIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ROCHESTER   (United States)

^d STONY BROOK UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^e Monroe County Long Term Care Program Inc   (United States)

^f HEALTH RESOURCES AND SERVICES ADMINISTRATION   (United States)

Author keywords

Disease management; Expenditures; Health promotion; Prevention; Rural

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; DAILY LIFE ACTIVITY; HEALTH CARE; HEALTH CARE COST; HEALTH PROGRAM; HEALTH PROMOTION; MEDICARE; PHYSICAL ACTIVITY; RURAL AREA; SELF CARE; URBAN AREA;

ACTIVITIES OF DAILY LIVING; AGED; DISEASE MANAGEMENT; FEMALE; HEALTH EXPENDITURES; HEALTH PROMOTION; HUMANS; INTERVIEWS AS TOPIC; MALE; MEDICARE; PROGRAM EVALUATION; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIALS AS TOPIC; RURAL POPULATION; SELF CARE; UNITED STATES; URBAN POPULATION;

EID: 67149133503     PISSN: 00169013     EISSN: 17585341     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/geront/gnp057     Document Type: Article

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