Did medicare part D affect national trends in health outcomes or hospitalizations?: A Time-Series Analysis

Annals of Internal Medicine

Volumn 162, Issue 12, 2015, Pages 825-833

  Briesacher, Becky A ^a   Madden, Jeanne M ^b   Zhang, Fang ^b   Fouayzi, Hassan ^c   Ross Degnan, Dennis ^b   Gurwitz, Jerry H ^c   Soumerai, Stephen B ^b  

^a NORTHEASTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b HARVARD PILGRIM HEALTH CARE INSTITUTE   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MASSACHUSETTS MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; DAILY LIFE ACTIVITY; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE COST; HEALTH CARE UTILIZATION; HEALTH STATUS; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; MALE; MEDICAL SERVICE; MEDICARE; MORTALITY; OUTCOMES RESEARCH; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TIME SERIES ANALYSIS; TREND STUDY; VERY ELDERLY; ECONOMICS; EMERGENCY HEALTH SERVICE; HOSPITAL COST; LEGISLATION AND JURISPRUDENCE; MIDDLE AGED; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; TRENDS; UNITED STATES; UTILIZATION;

ACTIVITIES OF DAILY LIVING; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; EMERGENCY SERVICE, HOSPITAL; FEMALE; HEALTH STATUS; HOSPITAL COSTS; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMANS; MALE; MEDICARE PART D; MIDDLE AGED; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT (HEALTH CARE); UNITED STATES;

EID: 84932149112     PISSN: 00034819     EISSN: 15393704     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.7326/M14-0726     Document Type: Article

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