Care experiences of managed care medicare enrollees near the end of life

Journal of the American Geriatrics Society

Volumn 61, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 407-412

  Elliott, Marc N ^a   Haviland, Amelia M ^a,b   Cleary, Paul D ^c   Zaslavsky, Alan M ^d   Farley, Donna O ^a   Klein, David J ^e   Edwards, Carol A ^a   Beckett, Megan K ^a   Orr, Nate ^a   Saliba, Debra ^f  

^a RAND CORPORATION   (United States)

^b CARNEGIE MELLON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c YALE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^e BOSTON CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

^f UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

end of life; Medicare; patient experience

Indexed keywords

PRESCRIPTION DRUG;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEATH; DOCTOR PATIENT RELATION; DRUG INFORMATION; EXPERIENCE; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE PLANNING; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; MALE; MEDICAL SPECIALIST; MEDICARE; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PHYSICIAN; SOCIAL SECURITY; TERMINAL CARE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CHRONIC DISEASE; DIAGNOSIS-RELATED GROUPS; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE SURVEYS; HUMANS; LINEAR MODELS; MALE; MANAGED CARE PROGRAMS; MEDICARE PART C; PATIENT SATISFACTION; PROPENSITY SCORE; TERMINAL CARE; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84875223737     PISSN: 00028614     EISSN: 15325415     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/jgs.12121     Document Type: Article

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