Restrictiveness of eligibility determination and medicaid enrollment by low-income seniors

Journal of Aging and Social Policy

Volumn 21, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 338-351

  Ungaro, Ryan ^a   Federman, Alex D ^b  

^a MOUNT SINAI MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b MOUNT SINAI SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Dual eligible; Elderly; Enrollment; Medicaid; Medicare; State policy

Indexed keywords

ELDERLY CARE; ELDERLY POPULATION; HEALTH CARE; HEALTH POLICY; HEALTH STATUS; LOW INCOME POPULATION;

AGED; ARTICLE; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DAILY LIFE ACTIVITY; ECONOMICS; ELDERLY CARE; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HUMAN; LEGAL ASPECT; MALE; MEDICAID; MEDICARE; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; POVERTY; STATISTICAL MODEL; STATISTICS; UNITED STATES; UTILIZATION REVIEW;

ACTIVITIES OF DAILY LIVING; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; ELIGIBILITY DETERMINATION; FEMALE; HEALTH POLICY; HEALTH SERVICES ACCESSIBILITY; HEALTH SERVICES FOR THE AGED; HUMANS; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; MEDICAID; MEDICARE; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; POVERTY; UNITED STATES;

EID: 77449155083     PISSN: 08959420     EISSN: 15450821     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/08959420903166993     Document Type: Article

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