Preventive services for the elderly: would coverage affect utilization and costs under Medicare?
Author(s) -
Lynda Burton,
Donald M. Steinwachs,
Pearl S. German,
S Shapiro,
Larry J. Brant,
Thomas M. Richards,
Rebecca Clark
Publication year - 1995
Publication title -
american journal of public health
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 2.284
H-Index - 264
eISSN - 1541-0048
pISSN - 0090-0036
DOI - 10.2105/ajph.85.3.387
Subject(s) - medicine , intervention (counseling) , ambulatory , affect (linguistics) , gerontology , population , health care , preventive healthcare , ambulatory care , cost–benefit analysis , preventive care , medicare part b , environmental health , family medicine , public health , demography , nursing , finance , psychology , ecology , economics , payment , biology , economic growth , communication , sociology
This study was undertaken to determine whether adding a benefit for preventive services to older Medicare beneficiaries would affect utilization and costs under Medicare.
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