State spending on dual eligibles under age 65 shows variations, evidence of cost shifting from medicaid to medicare

Health Affairs

Volumn 31, Issue 5, 2012, Pages 939-947

  Bubolz, Thomas ^a   Emerson, Constance ^a   Skinner, Jonathan ^a  

^a DARTMOUTH INSTITUTE FOR HEALTH POLICY AND CLINICAL PRACTICE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGE; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; ARTICLE; CONSUMER; COST UTILITY ANALYSIS; HEALTH CARE COST; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HEALTH SERVICE; HUMAN; HYPOTHESIS; INCOME; KIDNEY FAILURE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MEDICAID; MEDICARE; SOCIAL SECURITY; UNITED STATES;

COST SHARING; DATABASES, FACTUAL; ELIGIBILITY DETERMINATION; FINANCING, GOVERNMENT; HUMANS; MEDICAID; MEDICARE; MIDDLE AGED; STATE GOVERNMENT; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84862489697     PISSN: 02782715     EISSN: 15445208     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1377/hlthaff.2011.0921     Document Type: Article

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