Medical spending and the health of the elderly

Health Services Research

Volumn 46, Issue 5, 2011, Pages 1333-1361

  Hadley, Jack ^a   Waidmann, Timothy ^b   Zuckerman, Stephen ^b   Berenson, Robert A ^b  

^a GEORGE MASON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b URBAN INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

health outcomes; medical spending; Medicare efficiency

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; ELDERLY CARE; HEALTH STATUS; HUMAN; MEDICARE; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; SURVIVAL;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; FEMALE; HEALTH EXPENDITURES; HEALTH SERVICES RESEARCH; HEALTH STATUS INDICATORS; HUMANS; LINEAR MODELS; MALE; MEDICARE; UNITED STATES;

EID: 80052520877     PISSN: 00179124     EISSN: 14756773     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1475-6773.2011.01276.x     Document Type: Article

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