A national examination of long-term care setting, outcomes, and disparities among elderly dual eligibles

Health Affairs

Volumn 38, Issue 7, 2019, Pages 1110-1118

  Gorges, Rebecca J ^a   Sanghavi, Prachi ^b   Konetzka, R Tamara ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADVERSE OUTCOME; AGED; AGING; ARTICLE; BLACK PERSON; CAUCASIAN; CLINICAL OUTCOME; COMMUNITY CARE; DEMENTIA; ETHNIC GROUP; FEMALE; HEALTH DISPARITY; HEALTH EQUITY; HISPANIC; HOME CARE; HOSPITALIZATION; HOSPITALIZATION COST; HUMAN; INSTITUTIONAL CARE; LONG TERM CARE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAID; MEDICARE; NURSING HOME; RACE DIFFERENCE; VERY ELDERLY; DUAL ELIGIBILITY (HEALTH INSURANCE); ECONOMICS; ETHNOLOGY; HEALTH CARE DISPARITY; UNITED STATES;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; COMMUNITY HEALTH SERVICES; DUAL MEDICAID MEDICARE ELIGIBILITY; ETHNIC GROUPS; FEMALE; HEALTHCARE DISPARITIES; HOME CARE SERVICES; HUMANS; LONG-TERM CARE; MEDICAID; MEDICARE; UNITED STATES;

EID: 85069269908     PISSN: 02782715     EISSN: 15445208     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1377/hlthaff.2018.05409     Document Type: Article

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