Comparing the Health Care Experiences of Medicare Beneficiaries with and without Depressive Symptoms in Medicare Managed Care versus Fee-for-Service

Health Services Research

Volumn 51, Issue 3, 2016, Pages 1002-1020

  Martino, Steven C ^a   Elliott, Marc N ^a   Haviland, Amelia M ^b   Saliba, Debra ^c   Burkhart, Q ^a   Kanouse, David E ^a  

^a RAND CORPORATION   (United States)

^b CARNEGIE MELLON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

CAHPS; depressive symptoms; managed care; organization of care; patient experience; quality of care

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEPRESSION; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; FEE FOR SERVICE; FEMALE; HEALTH DISPARITY; HEALTH INSURANCE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MANAGED CARE; MEDICAL SERVICE; MEDICARE; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PATIENT ADVOCACY; PERSONAL EXPERIENCE; SOCIAL INTERACTION; AGE; DOCTOR PATIENT RELATION; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; HEALTH CARE DISPARITY; HEALTH STATUS; INTERPERSONAL COMMUNICATION; MEDICAL FEE; PATIENT SATISFACTION; PSYCHOLOGY; SEX DIFFERENCE; STATISTICAL MODEL; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; UNITED STATES; VERY ELDERLY;

AGE FACTORS; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; COMMUNICATION; DEPRESSION; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; FEE-FOR-SERVICE PLANS; FEMALE; HEALTH STATUS; HEALTHCARE DISPARITIES; HUMANS; LINEAR MODELS; MALE; MANAGED CARE PROGRAMS; MEDICARE; PATIENT SATISFACTION; PHYSICIAN-PATIENT RELATIONS; SEX FACTORS; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84941702285     PISSN: 00179124     EISSN: 14756773     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/1475-6773.12359     Document Type: Article

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