Exercising purchasing power for preventive care

Health Affairs

Volumn 15, Issue 1, 1996, Pages

  Schauffler, Helen Halpin ^a   Rodriguez, Tracy ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b KAISER PERMANENTE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; COST CONTROL; ECONOMICS; FORECASTING; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HEALTH CARE ORGANIZATION; HEALTH INSURANCE; HEALTH PROMOTION; HOSPITAL PURCHASING; HUMAN; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; PREVENTIVE HEALTH SERVICE; RISK FACTOR; SMOKING; UNITED STATES;

CALIFORNIA; COST CONTROL; FORECASTING; GROUP PURCHASING; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HEALTH BENEFIT PLANS, EMPLOYEE; HEALTH CARE COALITIONS; HEALTH PROMOTION; HUMANS; MANAGED COMPETITION; PREVENTIVE HEALTH SERVICES; RISK FACTORS; SMOKING;

EID: 0006607079     PISSN: 02782715     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1377/hlthaff.15.1.73     Document Type: Article

References (12)

1. U.S. Preventive Services Task Force, Guide to Clinical Preventive Services: An Assessment of the Effectiveness of 169 Interventions (Baltimore: Williams and Wilkins, 1989); and U.S. Public Health Service, Healthy People 2000: National Health Promotion and Disease Prevention Objectives, DHHS Pub. no. (PHS)91-50212 (Washington: U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, U.S. PHS, 1990).
2. U.S. Preventive Services Task Force, Guide to Clinical Preventive Services: An Assessment of the Effectiveness of 169 Interventions (Baltimore: Williams and Wilkins, 1989); and U.S. Public Health Service, Healthy People 2000: National Health Promotion and Disease Prevention Objectives, DHHS Pub. no. (PHS)91-50212 (Washington: U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, U.S. PHS, 1990).
3. T. Rodriguez et al., "Measuring Quality of Preventive Services," Business and Health 11, no. 5 (1993): 65-70.
4. Ibid.
5. A copy of the PBGH preventive care guidelines may be obtained from the authors at the University of California, Berkeley, School of Public Health, 406 Warren Hall, Berkeley, California 94720-7360.
6. H. Schauffler et al., "Managed Care for Preventive Services: A Review of Policy Options," Medical Care Review 50, no. 2 (1993): 153-198.
7. National Committee for Quality Assurance, Health Plan Employer Data and Information Set (HEDIS), Version 2.0 (Washington: NCQA, October 1993). The HEDIS 2.0 indicators included childhood immunizations by the second birthday, cholesterol screening for adults ages forty to sixty-four in the past five years, mammography screening for women ages fifty-two to sixty-four in the past two years, Pap smears for women ages twenty-one to sixty-four in the past three years, low-birthweight rates, prenatal care in the first trimester of pregnancy, asthma admissions, an eye examination in the past year for persons with diabetes to prevent blindness due to retinopathy, and outpatient follow-up after admission for a major affective disorder.
8. "PBGH a Key Player in Development of Breakthrough HMO Quality Report," Pacific Currents 1, no. 1 (San Francisco: Pacific Business Group on Health, 1995), 3.
9. USPSTF, Guide to Clinical Preventive Services.
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