Medicare managed care and primary care quality: Examining racial/ethnic effects across states

Health Care Management Science

Volumn 15, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 15-28

  Basu, Jayasree ^a  

^a AGENCY FOR HEALTHCARE RESEARCH AND QUALITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Ambulatory care senstive conditions; Managed care; Medicare; Preventable hospitalizations; Primary care; Racial and ethnic disparities

Indexed keywords

AGE; AGED; ARTICLE; ETHNIC GROUP; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HEALTH INSURANCE; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; MALE; MEDICARE; PRIMARY HEALTH CARE; RACE; SEX DIFFERENCE; STATISTICS; UNITED STATES;

AGE FACTORS; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CONTINENTAL POPULATION GROUPS; ETHNIC GROUPS; FEMALE; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMANS; MALE; MANAGED CARE PROGRAMS; MEDICARE PART C; PATIENT ADMISSION; PRIMARY HEALTH CARE; QUALITY OF HEALTH CARE; SEX FACTORS; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84856262441     PISSN: 13869620     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10729-011-9176-5     Document Type: Article

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