Early evidence from South Carolina's Medicare-Medicaid dual-eligible financial alignment initiative: an observational study to understand who enrolled, and whether the program improved health?

• Main Authors: Brian K. Chen (Author), Y. Tony Yang (Author), Rachelle Gajadhar (Author)
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• 出版: BMC, 2018-11-01T00:00:00Z.
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Abstract Background Individuals dually eligible for Medicare and Medicaid coverage are among the sickest patients in the United States. Prior literature has identified a lack of care coordination or even conflicts of interest between the two programs as barriers to more efficient care and better hea...