Total cost of care lower among Medicare fee-for-service beneficiaries receiving care from patient-centered medical homes

Health Services Research

Volumn 50, Issue 1, 2015, Pages 253-272

  Van Hasselt, Martijn ^a   McCall, Nancy ^b   Keyes, Vince ^b   Wensky, Suzanne G ^c   Smith, Kevin W ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA AT GREENSBORO   (United States)

^b RTI INTERNATIONAL   (United States)

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

Author keywords

health care utilization; Medicare payments; Patient centered medical home

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; CLINICAL PRACTICE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE COST; HEALTH CARE FACILITY; HEALTH CARE UTILIZATION; HEALTH INSURANCE; HEALTH SERVICE; HUMAN; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL PRACTICE; OBSERVATIONAL STUDY; PATIENT CARE; PRIMARY MEDICAL CARE; QUASI EXPERIMENTAL STUDY; ECONOMICS; MEDICAL FEE; MEDICARE; MIDDLE AGED; NURSING HOME; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; UNITED STATES; VERY ELDERLY;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; FEE-FOR-SERVICE PLANS; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE COSTS; HUMANS; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MALE; MEDICARE PART A; MEDICARE PART B; MIDDLE AGED; NURSING HOMES; PATIENT-CENTERED CARE; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84921841478     PISSN: 00179124     EISSN: 14756773     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/1475-6773.12217     Document Type: Article

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