Payment source and length of use among home health agency discharges

Medical Care

Volumn 42, Issue 11, 2004, Pages 1081-1090

  Han, Beth ^a,b   Remsburg, Robin E ^a   Lubitz, James ^a   Goulding, Margie ^a  

^a NATIONAL CENTER FOR HEALTH STATISTICS   (United States)

^b NONE   (United States)

Author keywords

Home health care; Length of use; Medicaid; Medicare interim payment system (IPS); Private health insurance; The Balanced Budget Act of 1997 (BBA)

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; DATA ANALYSIS; FEMALE; FINANCIAL MANAGEMENT; HEALTH INSURANCE; HOME CARE; HOSPICE; HOSPITAL DISCHARGE; HUMAN; MALE; MEDICAID; MEDICARE; REVIEW;

EID: 8144228976     PISSN: 00257079     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00005650-200411000-00007     Document Type: Review

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