Use of Veterans Affairs Medical Care by Enrollees in Medicare HMOs

To the Editor: Older people in the United States who use the medical services of the Veterans Health Administration are frequently also entitled to health care through Medicare. Although most do not use both these federally funded systems at the same time, substantial use of both the Veterans Health...

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Published inThe New England journal of medicine Vol. 337; no. 14; pp. 1013 - 1014
Main Authors DeVito, Carolee A, Virnig, Beth A, Morgan, Robert O
Format Journal Article
LanguageEnglish
Published United States Massachusetts Medical Society 02.10.1997
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Aged
Aged, 80 and over
Florida
Health Maintenance Organizations - statistics & numerical data
Hospitals, Veterans - statistics & numerical data
Humans
Male
Medicare - statistics & numerical data
United States
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Summary:To the Editor: Older people in the United States who use the medical services of the Veterans Health Administration are frequently also entitled to health care through Medicare. Although most do not use both these federally funded systems at the same time, substantial use of both the Veterans Health Administration and Medicare fee-for-service care has been documented. 1 – 5 Less is known about the use of Veterans Health Administration services by enrollees in Medicare health maintenance organizations (HMOs). We studied the dual use of these two federal programs with respect to inpatient and outpatient services. We merged inpatient and outpatient data . . .
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ISSN:0028-4793
1533-4406
DOI:10.1056/NEJM199710023371418