Health care costs during the last 12 months of life in Israel: Estimation and implications for risk-adjustment

International Journal of Health Care Finance and Economics

Volumn 10, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 257-273

  Shmueli, Amir ^a,b   Messika, David ^b   Zmora, Irit ^c   Oberman, Bernice ^b  

^a HEBREW UNIVERSITY OF JERUSALEM   (Israel)

^b GERTNER INSTITUTE FOR EPIDEMIOLOGY AND HEALTH POLICY RESEARCH   (Israel)

^c CLALIT HEALTH SERVICES   (Israel)

Author keywords

Cost; Death; Israel; Last year of life; Medical care; Risk adjustment; Risk sharing

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGE; AGED; ARTICLE; CHRONIC DISEASE; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; ECONOMICS; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE COST; HEALTH INSURANCE; HUMAN; ISRAEL; MALE; METHODOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; MORTALITY; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; PUBLIC HEALTH; RISK ASSESSMENT; SEX DIFFERENCE; STATISTICS; SURVIVOR; TERMINAL CARE;

ADULT; AGE FACTORS; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CHRONIC DISEASE; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE COSTS; HUMANS; ISRAEL; MALE; MANAGED CARE PROGRAMS; MIDDLE AGED; NATIONAL HEALTH PROGRAMS; RISK ADJUSTMENT; SEX FACTORS; SURVIVORS; TERMINAL CARE;

EID: 77955582754     PISSN: 13896563     EISSN: 15736962     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10754-010-9080-4     Document Type: Article

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