Market and plan characteristics related to HMO quality and improvement

Medical Care Research and Review

Volumn 63, Issue 6, 2006, Pages

  Scanlon, Dennis P ^a   Swaminathan, Shailender ^b   Chernew, Michael ^c   Lee, Woolton ^a  

^a PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ALABAMA AT BIRMINGHAM   (United States)

^c HARVARD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Competition; Health Employer Data and Information Set (HEDIS); Health maintenance organizations (HMOs); Managed care; Markets; National committee for quality assurance; Performance measurement; Profit status; Quality improvement

Indexed keywords

ANTIDEPRESSANT AGENT; BETA ADRENERGIC RECEPTOR BLOCKING AGENT;

ARTICLE; DIABETES MELLITUS; HEALTH CARE; HEALTH CARE PLANNING; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HEALTH INSURANCE; HEALTH MAINTENANCE ORGANIZATION; HEART INFARCTION; MANAGED CARE; QUALITY CONTROL; SCREENING; COMPETITION; HUMAN; MARKETING; MEDICAL LITERATURE; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PERFORMANCE MEASUREMENT SYSTEM; PROFIT; TOTAL QUALITY MANAGEMENT;

HEALTH MAINTENANCE ORGANIZATIONS; MODELS, STATISTICAL; TOTAL QUALITY MANAGEMENT; UNITED STATES;

EID: 33750534993     PISSN: 10775587     EISSN: 15526801     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1077558706293835     Document Type: Article

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