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| Average out-of-pocket health care expenses for Medicare+Choice enrollees increase substantially in 2002 | | Author(s) | Lori Achman, Marsha Gold |
| Corporate Author | Commonwealth Fund |
| Publisher | Commonwealth Fund, New York, NY, 2002 |
| Pages | 7 pp (Issue brief) |
| Source | The Commonwealth Fund, One East 75th Street, New York, NY 10021-2692, USA. |
| Keywords | Health services ; Costs [care] ; Expenditure [elderly] ; United States of America. |
| Annotation | Changes in the Medicare+Choice plans increased out-of-pocket health care spending by Medicare beneficiaries during 2002, especially by those who need the most help because of poor health. This Issue Brief updates an earlier report, 'Out-of-pocket health care expenses for Medicare HMO beneficiaries: estimates by health status, 1999-2001', which indicated a similar trend. (RH). |
| Accession Number | CPA-090210003 P |
| Classmark | L: QDC: J3: 7T * |
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