Relationships between medicare advantage contract characteristics and quality-of-care ratings: An observational analysis of medicare advantage star ratings

Annals of Internal Medicine

Volumn 162, Issue 5, 2015, Pages 353-358

  Xu, Peng ^a   Burgess, James F ^a   Cabral, Howard ^a   Soria Saucedo, Rene ^a   Kazis, Lewis E ^a  

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

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; CONTRACT; HEALTH CARE ACCESS; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HUMAN; MEDICARE; OBSERVATIONAL METHOD; OUTCOMES RESEARCH; PATIENT SATISFACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; UNITED STATES; HEALTH INSURANCE; INSURANCE; NON PROFIT ORGANIZATION; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; STANDARDS; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; TIME;

AGED; CONTRACTS; FOR-PROFIT INSURANCE PLANS; HUMANS; INSURANCE CARRIERS; MANAGED CARE PROGRAMS; MEDICARE PART C; ORGANIZATIONS, NONPROFIT; QUALITY INDICATORS, HEALTH CARE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TIME FACTORS; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84923868527     PISSN: 00034819     EISSN: 15393704     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.7326/M14-0332     Document Type: Article

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