Medicare spending for previously uninsured adults

Annals of Internal Medicine

Volumn 151, Issue 11, 2009, Pages 757-766

  McWilliams, J Michael ^a   Meara, Ellen ^a   Zaslavsky, Alan M ^a   Ayanian, John Z ^a  

^a HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; AGING; ARTHRITIS; ARTICLE; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; CHRONIC DISEASE; CHRONIC OBSTRUCTIVE LUNG DISEASE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIABETES MELLITUS; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE COST; HEALTH INSURANCE; HEART DISEASE; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MANAGED CARE; MEDICARE; NEOPLASM; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STROKE;

AGED; ARTHROPLASTY, REPLACEMENT; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASES; DIABETES COMPLICATIONS; FEMALE; HEALTH EXPENDITURES; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMANS; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MALE; MEDICALLY UNINSURED; MEDICARE; UNITED STATES;

EID: 71749086939     PISSN: 00034819     EISSN: 15393704     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.7326/0000605-200912010-00149     Document Type: Article

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