Partnerships for Research among Managed Care Organizations

Health Affairs

Volumn 17, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 111-122

  Durham, Mary L ^a  

^a CENTER FOR HEALTH RESEARCH   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; COST CONTROL; HEALTH CARE FACILITY; HEALTH INSURANCE; HEALTH SERVICES RESEARCH; HUMAN; METHODOLOGY; MULTICENTER STUDY; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; PUBLIC RELATIONS; UNITED STATES;

COST CONTROL; HEALTH FACILITY MERGER; HEALTH SERVICES RESEARCH; HUMANS; INTERINSTITUTIONAL RELATIONS; MANAGED CARE PROGRAMS; MULTICENTER STUDIES; RESEARCH DESIGN; UNITED STATES;

EID: 0031607122     PISSN: 02782715     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1377/hlthaff.17.1.111     Document Type: Review

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3. R.S. Thompson et al., "Effectiveness of Smoking Cessation Intervention Integrated into Primary Care," Medical Care 26 (1988): 62-76; J.F. Hollis et al., "Nurse Assisted Counseling for Smokers in Primary Care," Annals of Internal Medicine 188 (1993): 521-525; M.C. Hornbrook and M.J. Goodman, "Assessing Relative Health Plan Risk with the RAND-36 Health Survey," Inquiry 32, no. 1 (1995): 56-74; M.C. Hornbrook and M.J. Goodman, "Chronic Disease, Functional Health Status, and Demographics: A Multi-Dimensional Approach to Risk Adjustment," Health Services Research 31, no. 3 (1996): 283-307; R.S. Thompson et al., "Cost-Effectiveness in Program Delivery (Breast Cancer)," Cancer 64 (Supplement 12 1989): S2682-S2689; S.H. Taplin et al., "Revisions in the Risk-Based Breast Cancer Screening Program at Group Health Cooperative," Cancer 66 (1990): 812-818; M.E. Stuart et al., "Successful Implementation of a Guideline Program for the Rational Use of Lipid-Lowering Drugs," HMO Practice 5 (1991): 198-204; and T. Payne et al., "Development and Validation of an Immunization Tracking System in a Large Health Maintenance Organization," American Journal of Preventive Medicine 9 (1993): 96-100.
4. R.S. Thompson et al., "Effectiveness of Smoking Cessation Intervention Integrated into Primary Care," Medical Care 26 (1988): 62-76; J.F. Hollis et al., "Nurse Assisted Counseling for Smokers in Primary Care," Annals of Internal Medicine 188 (1993): 521-525; M.C. Hornbrook and M.J. Goodman, "Assessing Relative Health Plan Risk with the RAND-36 Health Survey," Inquiry 32, no. 1 (1995): 56-74; M.C. Hornbrook and M.J. Goodman, "Chronic Disease, Functional Health Status, and Demographics: A Multi-Dimensional Approach to Risk Adjustment," Health Services Research 31, no. 3 (1996): 283-307; R.S. Thompson et al., "Cost-Effectiveness in Program Delivery (Breast Cancer)," Cancer 64 (Supplement 12 1989): S2682-S2689; S.H. Taplin et al., "Revisions in the Risk-Based Breast Cancer Screening Program at Group Health Cooperative," Cancer 66 (1990): 812-818; M.E. Stuart et al., "Successful Implementation of a Guideline Program for the Rational Use of Lipid-Lowering Drugs," HMO Practice 5 (1991): 198-204; and T. Payne et al., "Development and Validation of an Immunization Tracking System in a Large Health Maintenance Organization," American Journal of Preventive Medicine 9 (1993): 96-100.
5. R.S. Thompson et al., "Effectiveness of Smoking Cessation Intervention Integrated into Primary Care," Medical Care 26 (1988): 62-76; J.F. Hollis et al., "Nurse Assisted Counseling for Smokers in Primary Care," Annals of Internal Medicine 188 (1993): 521-525; M.C. Hornbrook and M.J. Goodman, "Assessing Relative Health Plan Risk with the RAND-36 Health Survey," Inquiry 32, no. 1 (1995): 56-74; M.C. Hornbrook and M.J. Goodman, "Chronic Disease, Functional Health Status, and Demographics: A Multi-Dimensional Approach to Risk Adjustment," Health Services Research 31, no. 3 (1996): 283-307; R.S. Thompson et al., "Cost-Effectiveness in Program Delivery (Breast Cancer)," Cancer 64 (Supplement 12 1989): S2682-S2689; S.H. Taplin et al., "Revisions in the Risk-Based Breast Cancer Screening Program at Group Health Cooperative," Cancer 66 (1990): 812-818; M.E. Stuart et al., "Successful Implementation of a Guideline Program for the Rational Use of Lipid-Lowering Drugs," HMO Practice 5 (1991): 198-204; and T. Payne et al., "Development and Validation of an Immunization Tracking System in a Large Health Maintenance Organization," American Journal of Preventive Medicine 9 (1993): 96-100.
6. R.S. Thompson et al., "Effectiveness of Smoking Cessation Intervention Integrated into Primary Care," Medical Care 26 (1988): 62-76; J.F. Hollis et al., "Nurse Assisted Counseling for Smokers in Primary Care," Annals of Internal Medicine 188 (1993): 521-525; M.C. Hornbrook and M.J. Goodman, "Assessing Relative Health Plan Risk with the RAND-36 Health Survey," Inquiry 32, no. 1 (1995): 56-74; M.C. Hornbrook and M.J. Goodman, "Chronic Disease, Functional Health Status, and Demographics: A Multi-Dimensional Approach to Risk Adjustment," Health Services Research 31, no. 3 (1996): 283-307; R.S. Thompson et al., "Cost-Effectiveness in Program Delivery (Breast Cancer)," Cancer 64 (Supplement 12 1989): S2682-S2689; S.H. Taplin et al., "Revisions in the Risk-Based Breast Cancer Screening Program at Group Health Cooperative," Cancer 66 (1990): 812-818; M.E. Stuart et al., "Successful Implementation of a Guideline Program for the Rational Use of Lipid-Lowering Drugs," HMO Practice 5 (1991): 198-204; and T. Payne et al., "Development and Validation of an Immunization Tracking System in a Large Health Maintenance Organization," American Journal of Preventive Medicine 9 (1993): 96-100.
7. R.S. Thompson et al., "Effectiveness of Smoking Cessation Intervention Integrated into Primary Care," Medical Care 26 (1988): 62-76; J.F. Hollis et al., "Nurse Assisted Counseling for Smokers in Primary Care," Annals of Internal Medicine 188 (1993): 521-525; M.C. Hornbrook and M.J. Goodman, "Assessing Relative Health Plan Risk with the RAND-36 Health Survey," Inquiry 32, no. 1 (1995): 56-74; M.C. Hornbrook and M.J. Goodman, "Chronic Disease, Functional Health Status, and Demographics: A Multi-Dimensional Approach to Risk Adjustment," Health Services Research 31, no. 3 (1996): 283-307; R.S. Thompson et al., "Cost-Effectiveness in Program Delivery (Breast Cancer)," Cancer 64 (Supplement 12 1989): S2682-S2689; S.H. Taplin et al., "Revisions in the Risk-Based Breast Cancer Screening Program at Group Health Cooperative," Cancer 66 (1990): 812-818; M.E. Stuart et al., "Successful Implementation of a Guideline Program for the Rational Use of Lipid-Lowering Drugs," HMO Practice 5 (1991): 198-204; and T. Payne et al., "Development and Validation of an Immunization Tracking System in a Large Health Maintenance Organization," American Journal of Preventive Medicine 9 (1993): 96-100.
8. R.S. Thompson et al., "Effectiveness of Smoking Cessation Intervention Integrated into Primary Care," Medical Care 26 (1988): 62-76; J.F. Hollis et al., "Nurse Assisted Counseling for Smokers in Primary Care," Annals of Internal Medicine 188 (1993): 521-525; M.C. Hornbrook and M.J. Goodman, "Assessing Relative Health Plan Risk with the RAND-36 Health Survey," Inquiry 32, no. 1 (1995): 56-74; M.C. Hornbrook and M.J. Goodman, "Chronic Disease, Functional Health Status, and Demographics: A Multi-Dimensional Approach to Risk Adjustment," Health Services Research 31, no. 3 (1996): 283-307; R.S. Thompson et al., "Cost-Effectiveness in Program Delivery (Breast Cancer)," Cancer 64 (Supplement 12 1989): S2682-S2689; S.H. Taplin et al., "Revisions in the Risk-Based Breast Cancer Screening Program at Group Health Cooperative," Cancer 66 (1990): 812-818; M.E. Stuart et al., "Successful Implementation of a Guideline Program for the Rational Use of Lipid-Lowering Drugs," HMO Practice 5 (1991): 198-204; and T. Payne et al., "Development and Validation of an Immunization Tracking System in a Large Health Maintenance Organization," American Journal of Preventive Medicine 9 (1993): 96-100.
9. R.S. Thompson et al., "Effectiveness of Smoking Cessation Intervention Integrated into Primary Care," Medical Care 26 (1988): 62-76; J.F. Hollis et al., "Nurse Assisted Counseling for Smokers in Primary Care," Annals of Internal Medicine 188 (1993): 521-525; M.C. Hornbrook and M.J. Goodman, "Assessing Relative Health Plan Risk with the RAND-36 Health Survey," Inquiry 32, no. 1 (1995): 56-74; M.C. Hornbrook and M.J. Goodman, "Chronic Disease, Functional Health Status, and Demographics: A Multi-Dimensional Approach to Risk Adjustment," Health Services Research 31, no. 3 (1996): 283-307; R.S. Thompson et al., "Cost-Effectiveness in Program Delivery (Breast Cancer)," Cancer 64 (Supplement 12 1989): S2682-S2689; S.H. Taplin et al., "Revisions in the Risk-Based Breast Cancer Screening Program at Group Health Cooperative," Cancer 66 (1990): 812-818; M.E. Stuart et al., "Successful Implementation of a Guideline Program for the Rational Use of Lipid-Lowering Drugs," HMO Practice 5 (1991): 198-204; and T. Payne et al., "Development and Validation of an Immunization Tracking System in a Large Health Maintenance Organization," American Journal of Preventive Medicine 9 (1993): 96-100.
10. M. Feinleib, The Framingham Study: Sample Selection, Followup, and Methods of Analysis," National Cancer Institute Monograph 67 (Bethesda, Md.: NCI, 1985), 59-64; D. Levy et al., "Stratifying the Patient at Risk from Coronary Disease: New Insights from the Framingham Heart Study," American Heart Journal 119, no. 3, part 2 (1990): 712-717; R. Benfante, "Studies of Cardiovascular Disease and Cause-Specific Mortality Trends in Japanese-American Men Living in Hawaii and Risk Factor Comparisons with Other Japanese Populations in the Pacific Region: A Review," Human Biology 64, no. 6 (1992): 791-805; and Multiple Risk Factor Intervention Trial (MRFIT) Research Group, "Multiple Risk Factor Intervention Trial: Risk Factor Changes and Mortality Results," Journal of the American Medical Association 248, no. 12 (1982): 1265-1277.
11. M. Feinleib, The Framingham Study: Sample Selection, Followup, and Methods of Analysis," National Cancer Institute Monograph 67 (Bethesda, Md.: NCI, 1985), 59-64; D. Levy et al., "Stratifying the Patient at Risk from Coronary Disease: New Insights from the Framingham Heart Study," American Heart Journal 119, no. 3, part 2 (1990): 712-717; R. Benfante, "Studies of Cardiovascular Disease and Cause-Specific Mortality Trends in Japanese-American Men Living in Hawaii and Risk Factor Comparisons with Other Japanese Populations in the Pacific Region: A Review," Human Biology 64, no. 6 (1992): 791-805; and Multiple Risk Factor Intervention Trial (MRFIT) Research Group, "Multiple Risk Factor Intervention Trial: Risk Factor Changes and Mortality Results," Journal of the American Medical Association 248, no. 12 (1982): 1265-1277.
12. M. Feinleib, The Framingham Study: Sample Selection, Followup, and Methods of Analysis," National Cancer Institute Monograph 67 (Bethesda, Md.: NCI, 1985), 59-64; D. Levy et al., "Stratifying the Patient at Risk from Coronary Disease: New Insights from the Framingham Heart Study," American Heart Journal 119, no. 3, part 2 (1990): 712-717; R. Benfante, "Studies of Cardiovascular Disease and Cause-Specific Mortality Trends in Japanese-American Men Living in Hawaii and Risk Factor Comparisons with Other Japanese Populations in the Pacific Region: A Review," Human Biology 64, no. 6 (1992): 791-805; and Multiple Risk Factor Intervention Trial (MRFIT) Research Group, "Multiple Risk Factor Intervention Trial: Risk Factor Changes and Mortality Results," Journal of the American Medical Association 248, no. 12 (1982): 1265-1277.
13. M. Feinleib, The Framingham Study: Sample Selection, Followup, and Methods of Analysis," National Cancer Institute Monograph 67 (Bethesda, Md.: NCI, 1985), 59-64; D. Levy et al., "Stratifying the Patient at Risk from Coronary Disease: New Insights from the Framingham Heart Study," American Heart Journal 119, no. 3, part 2 (1990): 712-717; R. Benfante, "Studies of Cardiovascular Disease and Cause-Specific Mortality Trends in Japanese-American Men Living in Hawaii and Risk Factor Comparisons with Other Japanese Populations in the Pacific Region: A Review," Human Biology 64, no. 6 (1992): 791-805; and Multiple Risk Factor Intervention Trial (MRFIT) Research Group, "Multiple Risk Factor Intervention Trial: Risk Factor Changes and Mortality Results," Journal of the American Medical Association 248, no. 12 (1982): 1265-1277.
14. Hornbrook and Goodman, "Chronic Disease, Functional Health Status, and Demographics."
15. Members as of January 1998 include Harvard Pilgrim Health Plan, Health Partners, Henry Ford Health Systems, the Dean Foundation, Prudential Health Research, Group Health Cooperative of Puget Sound, and Kaiser Permanente in Colorado, Northwest, Southern California, Northern California, Georgia, and Hawaii.
16. HMO Research Network mission statement, available from the author at Kaiser Permanente Center for Health Research, 3800 N. Kaiser Center Drive, Portland, Oregon 97227-1098.
17. Examples abound in the research literature; contact the author for specific references.
18. Hornbrook and Goodman, "Chronic Disease, Functional Health Status, and Demographics."
19. See, for example, R.A. Hiatt, "Alcoholic Beverage Consumption and Breast Cancer," American Journal of Epidemiology 120, no. 5 (1984): 676-683; J.M. Mossey et al., "Determinants of Recovery 12 Months after Hip Fracture: The Importance of Psychosocial Factors," American Journal of Public Health 79 (1989): 279-286; W.S. Browner et al., "Non-Trauma Mortality in Elderly Women with Low Bone Mineral Density," Lancet 338 (1991): 355-358; A.G. Glass and R.N. Hoover, "The Emerging Epidemic of Melanoma and Squamous Cell Skin Cancer," Journal of the American Medical Association 262 (1989): 2097-2100; and M.L. Osborne et al., "Use of an Automated Prescription Database to Identify Individuals with Asthma," Journal of Clinical Epidemiology 48 (1995): 1393-1397.
20. See, for example, R.A. Hiatt, "Alcoholic Beverage Consumption and Breast Cancer," American Journal of Epidemiology 120, no. 5 (1984): 676-683; J.M. Mossey et al., "Determinants of Recovery 12 Months after Hip Fracture: The Importance of Psychosocial Factors," American Journal of Public Health 79 (1989): 279-286; W.S. Browner et al., "Non-Trauma Mortality in Elderly Women with Low Bone Mineral Density," Lancet 338 (1991): 355-358; A.G. Glass and R.N. Hoover, "The Emerging Epidemic of Melanoma and Squamous Cell Skin Cancer," Journal of the American Medical Association 262 (1989): 2097-2100; and M.L. Osborne et al., "Use of an Automated Prescription Database to Identify Individuals with Asthma," Journal of Clinical Epidemiology 48 (1995): 1393-1397.
21. See, for example, R.A. Hiatt, "Alcoholic Beverage Consumption and Breast Cancer," American Journal of Epidemiology 120, no. 5 (1984): 676-683; J.M. Mossey et al., "Determinants of Recovery 12 Months after Hip Fracture: The Importance of Psychosocial Factors," American Journal of Public Health 79 (1989): 279-286; W.S. Browner et al., "Non-Trauma Mortality in Elderly Women with Low Bone Mineral Density," Lancet 338 (1991): 355-358; A.G. Glass and R.N. Hoover, "The Emerging Epidemic of Melanoma and Squamous Cell Skin Cancer," Journal of the American Medical Association 262 (1989): 2097-2100; and M.L. Osborne et al., "Use of an Automated Prescription Database to Identify Individuals with Asthma," Journal of Clinical Epidemiology 48 (1995): 1393-1397.
22. See, for example, R.A. Hiatt, "Alcoholic Beverage Consumption and Breast Cancer," American Journal of Epidemiology 120, no. 5 (1984): 676-683; J.M. Mossey et al., "Determinants of Recovery 12 Months after Hip Fracture: The Importance of Psychosocial Factors," American Journal of Public Health 79 (1989): 279-286; W.S. Browner et al., "Non-Trauma Mortality in Elderly Women with Low Bone Mineral Density," Lancet 338 (1991): 355-358; A.G. Glass and R.N. Hoover, "The Emerging Epidemic of Melanoma and Squamous Cell Skin Cancer," Journal of the American Medical Association 262 (1989): 2097-2100; and M.L. Osborne et al., "Use of an Automated Prescription Database to Identify Individuals with Asthma," Journal of Clinical Epidemiology 48 (1995): 1393-1397.
23. See, for example, R.A. Hiatt, "Alcoholic Beverage Consumption and Breast Cancer," American Journal of Epidemiology 120, no. 5 (1984): 676-683; J.M. Mossey et al., "Determinants of Recovery 12 Months after Hip Fracture: The Importance of Psychosocial Factors," American Journal of Public Health 79 (1989): 279-286; W.S. Browner et al., "Non-Trauma Mortality in Elderly Women with Low Bone Mineral Density," Lancet 338 (1991): 355-358; A.G. Glass and R.N. Hoover, "The Emerging Epidemic of Melanoma and Squamous Cell Skin Cancer," Journal of the American Medical Association 262 (1989): 2097-2100; and M.L. Osborne et al., "Use of an Automated Prescription Database to Identify Individuals with Asthma," Journal of Clinical Epidemiology 48 (1995): 1393-1397.
24. Ereth et al., "A Tool for Administrative Decision-Making."
25. L. Solberg et al., "Competing HMOs Collaborate to Improve Preventive Services," Joint CommissionJournal on Quality Improvement 21, no. 11 (1995): 600-610.
26. American Association of Health Plans data, 1996.
27. Ibid.