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Persistence of Medicare Expenditures among Elderly Beneficiaries

In: Frontiers in Health Policy Research, Volume 1

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  • Alan M. Garber
  • Thomas E. MaCurdy
  • Mark B. McClellan

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  • Alan M. Garber & Thomas E. MaCurdy & Mark B. McClellan, 1998. "Persistence of Medicare Expenditures among Elderly Beneficiaries," NBER Chapters, in: Frontiers in Health Policy Research, Volume 1, pages 153-180, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc.
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    4. S. Veen & R. Kleef & W. Ven & R. Vliet, 2015. "Improving the prediction model used in risk equalization: cost and diagnostic information from multiple prior years," The European Journal of Health Economics, Springer;Deutsche Gesellschaft für Gesundheitsökonomie (DGGÖ), vol. 16(2), pages 201-218, March.

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    JEL classification:

    • I11 - Health, Education, and Welfare - - Health - - - Analysis of Health Care Markets
    • J14 - Labor and Demographic Economics - - Demographic Economics - - - Economics of the Elderly; Economics of the Handicapped; Non-Labor Market Discrimination

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