Quality of care in for-profit and not-for-profit health plans enrolling Medicare beneficiaries

American Journal of Medicine

Volumn 118, Issue 12, 2005, Pages 1392-1400

  Schneider, Eric C ^a,c   Zaslavsky, Alan M ^b   Epstein, Arnold M ^a  

^a HARVARD SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^b HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^c BRIGHAM AND WOMEN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

Financing; Managed care; Medicare; Quality of care

Indexed keywords

BETA ADRENERGIC RECEPTOR BLOCKING AGENT;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BETA ADRENERGIC RECEPTOR BLOCKING; BREAST CARCINOMA; CANCER SCREENING; CLINICAL RESEARCH; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEMOGRAPHY; DIABETIC RETINOPATHY; FEMALE; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HEALTH CARE PLANNING; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HEALTH MAINTENANCE ORGANIZATION; HEALTH PLAN EMPLOYER DATA AND INFORMATION SET; HEART INFARCTION; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; MALE; MANDATORY PROGRAM; MEDICAL EXAMINATION; MEDICARE; MENTAL DISEASE; OBSERVATIONAL STUDY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROFIT; SCORING SYSTEM;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; COMPETITIVE MEDICAL PLANS; DIAGNOSIS-RELATED GROUPS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MANAGED CARE PROGRAMS; MEDICARE; PRIVATE SECTOR; PUBLIC SECTOR; QUALITY OF HEALTH CARE; UNITED STATES;

EID: 29244449829     PISSN: 00029343     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.amjmed.2005.05.032     Document Type: Article

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