The association between Medicare Advantage market penetration and diabetes in the United States.

• Main Authors: Steven W. Howard (Author), Stephanie Lazarus Bernell (Author), Jennifer eWilmott (Author), Faizan M. Casim (Author), Jing eWang (Author), Lindsey ePearson (Author), Caitlin eByler (Author), Zidong eZhang (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: Frontiers Media S.A., 2015-10-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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The objective of this study is to explore the extent to which managed care market penetration in the U.S. is associated with the presence of chronic disease. Diabetes was selected as the chronic disease of interest due to its increasing prevalence as well as the disease management protocols that can...