A comparison of relative resource use and quality in medicare advantage health plans versus traditional medicare

American Journal of Managed Care

Volumn 21, Issue 8, 2015, Pages 559-566

  Landon, Bruce E ^a,b   Zaslavsky, Alan M ^a   Saunders, Robert ^c   Gregory Pawlson, L ^d   Newhouse, Joseph P ^a,e,f,g   Ayanian, John Z ^a,h,i,j  

^a HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^b BETH ISRAEL DEACONESS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^c NATIONAL COMMITTEE FOR QUALITY ASSURANCE   (United States)

^d Stevens and Lee   (United States)

^e HARVARD SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^f HARVARD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^g NATIONAL BUREAU OF ECONOMIC RESEARCH   (United States)

^h UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

ⁱ UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^j UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

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Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; AMBULATORY CARE; ARTICLE; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; DIABETES MELLITUS; EMERGENCY WARD; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HEALTH CARE UTILIZATION; HEALTH MAINTENANCE ORGANIZATION; HEALTH SERVICE; HUMAN; MALE; MEDICARE; MEDICARE ADVANTAGE; PREFERRED PROVIDER ORGANIZATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TRADITIONAL MEDICARE; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASES; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; ECONOMICS; UNITED STATES; UTILIZATION; VERY ELDERLY;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASES; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DIABETES MELLITUS; FEMALE; HEALTH MAINTENANCE ORGANIZATIONS; HUMANS; MALE; MEDICARE PART C; QUALITY OF HEALTH CARE; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84940107969     PISSN: 10880224     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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