Geographic variations in incremental costs of heart disease among medicare beneficiaries, by type of service, 2012

Preventing Chronic Disease

Volumn 13, Issue 12, 2016, Pages

  Wakim, Rita ^a,b   Ritchey, Matthew ^a   Hockenberry, Jason ^b   Casper, Michele ^a  

^a NATIONAL CENTER FOR CHRONIC DISEASE PREVENTION AND HEALTH PROMOTION   (United States)

^b EMORY UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGED; COMPARATIVE STUDY; COST OF ILLNESS; FACTUAL DATABASE; FEMALE; GEOGRAPHY; GOVERNMENT; HEALTH CARE COST; HEART DISEASES; HUMAN; MALE; MEDICAL FEE; MEDICARE; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; UNITED STATES; VERY ELDERLY;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CENTERS FOR MEDICARE AND MEDICAID SERVICES (U.S.); COST OF ILLNESS; DATABASES, FACTUAL; FEE-FOR-SERVICE PLANS; FEMALE; GEOGRAPHY; HEALTH EXPENDITURES; HEART DISEASES; HUMANS; MALE; MEDICARE; UNITED STATES;

EID: 85008189743     PISSN: 15451151     EISSN: 21665435     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5888/pcd13.160209     Document Type: Article

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