Improving risk adjustment for medicare capitated reimbursement using nonlinear models

Medical Care

Volumn 41, Issue 6, 2003, Pages 741-752

  Veazie, Peter J ^a   Manning, Willard G ^b   Kane, Robert L ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

Author keywords

Medicare; Reimbursement methods; Risk adjustment

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CAPITATION FEE; DAILY LIFE ACTIVITY; ECONOMICS; FORECASTING; HEALTH CARE COST; HUMAN; LONG TERM CARE; MEDICARE; METHODOLOGY; NONLINEAR SYSTEM; REIMBURSEMENT; RISK ASSESSMENT; STATISTICAL MODEL; STATISTICS; UNITED STATES; UTILIZATION REVIEW;

ACTIVITIES OF DAILY LIVING; CAPITATION FEE; FORECASTING; HEALTH EXPENDITURES; HUMANS; INSURANCE, HEALTH, REIMBURSEMENT; LONG-TERM CARE; MEDICARE; MODELS, ECONOMETRIC; NONLINEAR DYNAMICS; RISK ADJUSTMENT; UNITED STATES;

EID: 85047695738     PISSN: 00257079     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01.MLR.0000065127.88685.7D     Document Type: Article

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