Medicare managed care enrollment by disability-eligible and age-eligible veterans

Medical Care

Volumn 47, Issue 11, 2009, Pages 1180-1185

  MacIejewski, Matthew L ^a,b   Birken, Sarah ^a,b,c   Perkins, Mark ^a   Burgess, James F ^a,d   Sharp, Nancy ^a,e   Liu, Chuan Fen ^a,e  

^a DEPARTMENT OF VETERANS AFFAIRS   (United States)

^b DUKE UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^c University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill   (United States)

^d BOSTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

Author keywords

Disability; Elderly; Health plan choice; Medicare; Veteran

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; BILLING AND CLAIMS; COHORT ANALYSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISABILITY; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE MANAGEMENT; HEALTH SERVICE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICARE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; RISK FACTOR; SCORING SYSTEM; SOCIOECONOMICS; VETERAN;

AGE FACTORS; AGED; COHORT STUDIES; DISABLED PERSONS; FEMALE; HUMANS; INSURANCE CLAIM REVIEW; MALE; MANAGED CARE PROGRAMS; MEDICARE; MIDDLE AGED; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SEX FACTORS; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; UNITED STATES; VETERANS;

EID: 70350560788     PISSN: 00257079     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/MLR.0b013e3181b58e17     Document Type: Article

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