Preventable hospitalizations and medicare managed care: A small area analysis

American Journal of Managed Care

Volumn 18, Issue 8, 2012, Pages

  Basu, Jayasree ^a  

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

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; HEALTH CARE COST; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HOSPITALIZATION; MEDICAL RESEARCH; MEDICARE; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; PRIMARY MEDICAL CARE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ARIZONA; HEALTH SERVICES RESEARCH; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMANS; MANAGED CARE PROGRAMS; MASSACHUSETTS; MEDICARE; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; NEW YORK; SMALL-AREA ANALYSIS; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84869219050     PISSN: 10880224     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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