Difference in the use of preventive services between fee-for-service plans and HMOs: Is more better?

American Journal of Managed Care

Volumn 9, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 293-301

  Wang, Y Richard ^a,b   Pauly, Mark V ^b  

^a ASTRAZENECA   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGE; ARTICLE; BLOOD PRESSURE MEASUREMENT; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE UTILIZATION; HEALTH INSURANCE; HEALTH MAINTENANCE ORGANIZATION; HEALTH SURVEY; HORMONE SUBSTITUTION; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MAMMOGRAPHY; MEDICAL DECISION MAKING; PAPANICOLAOU TEST; PATIENT COUNSELING; PREVENTIVE HEALTH SERVICE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SOCIOECONOMICS; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; STATISTICAL MODEL; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE;

ADULT; AGED; FAMILY CHARACTERISTICS; FEE-FOR-SERVICE PLANS; FEMALE; GUIDELINE ADHERENCE; HEALTH CARE SURVEYS; HEALTH MAINTENANCE ORGANIZATIONS; HEALTH SERVICES RESEARCH; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PHYSICIAN'S PRACTICE PATTERNS; PRACTICE GUIDELINES; PREVENTIVE HEALTH SERVICES; UNITED STATES;

EID: 0013327593     PISSN: 10880224     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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