Underreporting high-risk prescribing among Medicare Advantage plans: A cross-sectional analysis

Annals of Internal Medicine

Volumn 159, Issue 7, 2013, Pages 456-462

  Cooper, Alicia L ^a   Kazis, Lewis E ^b   Dore, David D ^c   Mor, Vincent ^c   Trivedi, Amal N ^c  

^a Department of Vermont Health Access ^*  (United States)

^b BOSTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^c BROWN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACCURACY; AGED; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; GERIATRIC CARE; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HIGH RISK POPULATION; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MEDICARE; PRESCRIPTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; UNITED STATES;

AGED; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DRUG PRESCRIPTIONS; HUMANS; INAPPROPRIATE PRESCRIBING; MANDATORY REPORTING; MEDICARE PART C; QUALITY INDICATORS, HEALTH CARE; RISK FACTORS; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84884835061     PISSN: 00034819     EISSN: 15393704     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.7326/0003-4819-159-7-201310010-00005     Document Type: Article

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