Incorporating new research into medicare risk adjustment

Medical Care

Volumn 49, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 295-300

  Frogner, Bianca K ^a   Anderson, Gerard F ^b   Cohen, Robb A ^c   Abrams, Chad ^b  

^a GEORGE WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b JOHNS HOPKINS BLOOMBERG SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^c XL Health   (United States)

Author keywords

aged; chronic disease; Medicare advantage; rate setting; risk adjustment

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; BILLING AND CLAIMS; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; CHRONIC DISEASE; CHRONIC KIDNEY FAILURE; CHRONIC OBSTRUCTIVE LUNG DISEASE; CONGESTIVE HEART FAILURE; DIABETES MELLITUS; FEMALE; HEALTH INSURANCE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL RESEARCH; MEDICARE; MENTAL DISEASE; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK ASSESSMENT;

AGE FACTORS; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CHRONIC DISEASE; FEMALE; HEALTH EXPENDITURES; HUMANS; LINEAR MODELS; MALE; MEDICARE; MODELS, ECONOMETRIC; RISK ADJUSTMENT; UNITED STATES;

EID: 79951670412     PISSN: 00257079     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/MLR.0b013e318202839f     Document Type: Article

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