Medicaid Health Maintenance Organizations: Can They Reduce Program Spending?

Medical Care

Volumn 34, Issue 3, 1996, Pages 249-263

  Buchanan, Joan L ^a   Leibowitz, Arleen ^a   Keesey, Joan ^a  

^a RAND CORPORATION   (United States)

Author keywords

Capitation; Cost; Health maintenance organizations; Managed care; Medicaid; Randomized trial; Use

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; CAPITATION FEE; CHILD; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; COST CONTROL; DEMOGRAPHY; ECONOMICS; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE COST; HEALTH CARE PLANNING; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HEALTH MAINTENANCE ORGANIZATION; HUMAN; MALE; MEDICAID; MEDICAL FEE; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; STATISTICS; UNITED STATES; UTILIZATION REVIEW;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; CAPITATION FEE; CHILD; COST CONTROL; DATA INTERPRETATION, STATISTICAL; DEMOGRAPHY; FEE-FOR-SERVICE PLANS; FEMALE; FLORIDA; HEALTH EXPENDITURES; HEALTH MAINTENANCE ORGANIZATIONS; HUMANS; MALE; MEDICAID; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; PROGRAM EVALUATION; STATE HEALTH PLANS; UNITED STATES;

EID: 0030098073     PISSN: 00257079     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00005650-199603000-00005     Document Type: Article

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