Duplicate federal payments for dual enrollees in medicare advantage plans and the veterans affairs health care system

JAMA

Volumn 308, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 67-72

  Trivedi, Amal N ^a,b   Grebla, Regina C ^a,b   Jiang, Lan ^a   Yoon, Jean ^c   Mor, Vincent ^a,b   Kizer, Kenneth W ^d  

^a VETERANS AFFAIRS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b BROWN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c VA PALO ALTO HEALTH CARE SYSTEM   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; ECONOMIC ASPECT; GOVERNMENT; HEALTH CARE COST; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HEALTH CARE PLANNING; HEALTH CARE SYSTEM; HEALTH CARE UTILIZATION; HEALTH SERVICE; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HOSPITAL BILLING; HOSPITAL PATIENT; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; MEDICAL ADVANTAGE PLANNING; MEDICARE; OUTPATIENT; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; VETERAN; VETERANS HEALTH; AGED; AMBULATORY CARE; ECONOMICS; FEMALE; FINANCIAL MANAGEMENT; HEALTH INSURANCE; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; STATISTICS; SURGERY; UNITED STATES; UTILIZATION REVIEW;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; AMBULATORY CARE; ELIGIBILITY DETERMINATION; FEMALE; FINANCING, GOVERNMENT; HEALTH CARE COSTS; HEALTH SERVICES; HUMANS; MANAGED CARE PROGRAMS; MEDICARE PART C; PATIENT ADMISSION; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SURGICAL PROCEDURES, OPERATIVE; UNITED STATES; UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF VETERANS AFFAIRS; VETERANS;

EID: 84863503491     PISSN: 00987484     EISSN: 15383598     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1001/jama.2012.7115     Document Type: Article

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