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Medicare and Medicaid
Research reports on medicare and medicaid from Center for Research in the Implementation of Innovative Strategies in Practice provide new insights
June 18th, 2007
Investigators publish new data in the report "Exploring the association of dual use of the VHA and Medicare with mortality: separating the contributions of inpatient and outpatient services." According to recent research from the United States, "Older veterans may use both the Veterans Health Administration (VHA) and Medicare, but the association of dual use with health outcomes is unclear. We examined the association of indirect measures of dual use with mortality." "Our secondary analysis used survey, claims, and National Death Index data from the Survey on Assets and Health Dynamics among the Oldest Old. The analytic sample included 1,521 men who were Medicare...
Source: Managed Care Weekly Digest (2007-06-18)
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