Medicare eligibility and physician utilization among adults with coronary heart disease and stroke

Medical Care

Volumn 50, Issue 6, 2012, Pages 547-553

  Dugan, Jerome ^a   Virani, Salim S ^a   Ho, Vivian ^a  

^a RICE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Access; Coronary heart disease; Medicare; Stroke; Utilization

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE ACCESS; HEALTH CARE UTILIZATION; HEALTH INSURANCE; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; ISCHEMIC HEART DISEASE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICARE; PHYSICIAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; STROKE;

AGED; CHRONIC DISEASE; CORONARY DISEASE; ELIGIBILITY DETERMINATION; FEMALE; HEALTH SERVICES; HEALTH SERVICES ACCESSIBILITY; HUMANS; MALE; MEDICARE; MIDDLE AGED; OFFICE VISITS; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; STROKE; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84862113934     PISSN: 00257079     EISSN: 15371948     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/MLR.0b013e318245a64d     Document Type: Article

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