Why do so few HMOs offer Medicare risk plans in rural areas?

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Published in Health Care Financ Rev on January 01, 1995

Authors

C Serrato1, R S Brown, J Bergeron

Author Affiliations

1: Mathematica Policy Research, Inc., Princeton, NJ 08543, USA.

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