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rdf:type |
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lifeskim:mentions |
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pubmed:issue |
1
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pubmed:dateCreated |
1999-12-17
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pubmed:abstractText |
This study compares use of the hospice benefit in Medicare fee-for-service (FFS) and Medicare risk-health maintenance organization (HMO) options in South Florida in 1992. A higher percentage of deaths occurred in hospice in the HMO option than in the FFS option. Compared to individuals in the FFS option, HMO-enrolled hospice users had longer lengths of hospice stay, lower 7-day mortality and higher 180-day (6 month) survival. These differences are consistent with the physician's financial incentives associated with the two programs.
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pubmed:language |
eng
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pubmed:journal |
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pubmed:citationSubset |
N
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pubmed:status |
MEDLINE
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pubmed:issn |
0742-969X
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pubmed:author |
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pubmed:issnType |
Print
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pubmed:volume |
14
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pubmed:owner |
NLM
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pubmed:authorsComplete |
Y
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pubmed:pagination |
1-12
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pubmed:dateRevised |
2006-11-15
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pubmed:meshHeading |
pubmed-meshheading:10418403-Aged,
pubmed-meshheading:10418403-Aged, 80 and over,
pubmed-meshheading:10418403-Fee-for-Service Plans,
pubmed-meshheading:10418403-Female,
pubmed-meshheading:10418403-Florida,
pubmed-meshheading:10418403-Health Maintenance Organizations,
pubmed-meshheading:10418403-Health Services Research,
pubmed-meshheading:10418403-Hospices,
pubmed-meshheading:10418403-Hospital Mortality,
pubmed-meshheading:10418403-Humans,
pubmed-meshheading:10418403-Length of Stay,
pubmed-meshheading:10418403-Logistic Models,
pubmed-meshheading:10418403-Male,
pubmed-meshheading:10418403-Medicare,
pubmed-meshheading:10418403-Survival Analysis,
pubmed-meshheading:10418403-United States
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pubmed:year |
1999
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pubmed:articleTitle |
Do Medicare HMOs and Medicare FFS differ in their use of the Medicare hospice benefit?
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pubmed:affiliation |
University of Miami School of Medicine, FL, USA. bvirnig@mednet.med.miami.edu
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pubmed:publicationType |
Journal Article,
Comparative Study
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