Medicare annual preventive care visits: Use increased among fee-for-service patients, but many do not participate

Health Affairs

Volumn 34, Issue 1, 2015, Pages 11-20

  Chung, Sukyung ^a   Lesser, Lenard I ^a   Lauderdale, Diane S ^b   Johns, Nicole ^a   Palaniappan, Latha P ^c   Luft, Harold ^a  

^a PALO ALTO MEDICAL FOUNDATION RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO   (United States)

^c STANFORD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HEALTH MAINTENANCE ORGANIZATION; HUMAN; MALE; MEDICAL FEE; MEDICARE; PRIMARY MEDICAL CARE; PRIVATE HEALTH INSURANCE; UNITED STATES; CALIFORNIA; COMPARATIVE STUDY; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; INSURANCE; PATIENT ATTITUDE; PREVENTIVE HEALTH SERVICE; PRIMARY HEALTH CARE; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; UTILIZATION; UTILIZATION REVIEW;

AGED; CALIFORNIA; FEE-FOR-SERVICE PLANS; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE REFORM; HEALTH MAINTENANCE ORGANIZATIONS; HEALTH SERVICES ACCESSIBILITY; HUMANS; INSURANCE COVERAGE; MALE; MEDICARE; PATIENT ACCEPTANCE OF HEALTH CARE; PATIENT PROTECTION AND AFFORDABLE CARE ACT; PREVENTIVE HEALTH SERVICES; PRIMARY HEALTH CARE; UNITED STATES; UTILIZATION REVIEW;

EID: 84920911883     PISSN: 02782715     EISSN: 15445208     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1377/hlthaff.2014.0483     Document Type: Article

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