How does managed care manage the frail elderly?: The case of hospital readmissions in fee-for-service versus HMO systems

American Journal of Preventive Medicine

Volumn 16, Issue 3, 1999, Pages 163-172

  Experton, Bettina ^a   Ozminkowski, Ronald J ^b   Pearlman, Deborah N ^c   Li, Zili ^d   Thompson, Sheri ^a  

^a HUMETRIX Inc   (United States)

^b MEDSTAT GROUP   (United States)

^c BROWN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d NONE

Author keywords

Fee for service; Frail elderly; Hospital readmission; Managed care; Medicare; Preventable hospitalization

Indexed keywords

AGING; ARTICLE; ELDERLY CARE; HEALTH CARE SYSTEM; HEALTH CARE UTILIZATION; HEALTH MAINTENANCE ORGANIZATION; HEALTH SERVICE; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HOSPITALIZATION; MANAGED CARE; MEDICAL FEE; MEDICARE; REGRESSION ANALYSIS;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ALGORITHMS; CALIFORNIA; FEE-FOR-SERVICE PLANS; FEMALE; FRAIL ELDERLY; HEALTH MAINTENANCE ORGANIZATIONS; HUMANS; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; MEDICARE; MIDDLE AGED; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT (HEALTH CARE); PATIENT READMISSION; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SAMPLING STUDIES; UNITED STATES;

EID: 0033120339     PISSN: 07493797     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0749-3797(98)00098-1     Document Type: Article

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