Reconciling medical expenditure estimates from the MEPS and NHEA, 2007

Medicare and Medicaid Research Review

Volumn 2, Issue 4, 2012, Pages

  Bernard, Didem ^a   Cowan, Cathy ^b   Selden, Thomas ^a   Cai, Liming ^b   Catlin, Aaron ^b   Heffler, Stephen ^b  

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

^b CENTERS FOR MEDICARE AND MEDICAID SERVICES   (United States)

Author keywords

Health care costs; Health financing; Health resource; Medical expenditures; National health accounts

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BUDGET; GOVERNMENT; HEALTH CARE; HEALTH CARE COST; HEALTH CARE FINANCING; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; MEDICARE; MEDICATION THERAPY MANAGEMENT; PRESCRIPTION; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; TAX; ECONOMICS; EPIDEMIOLOGY; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; MEDICAID; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; UNITED STATES;

DELIVERY OF HEALTH CARE; HEALTH EXPENDITURES; HUMANS; MEDICAID; MEDICARE; UNITED STATES; UNITED STATES AGENCY FOR HEALTHCARE RESEARCH AND QUALITY;

EID: 84874073454     PISSN: 21590354     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5600/mmrr.002.04.a09     Document Type: Article

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