Comparing quality of care between a consumer-directed health plan and a traditional plan: An analysis of HEDIS measures related to management of chronic diseases

Population Health Management

Volumn 12, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 61-67

  Wilson, Amy R ^a   Rodin, Holly ^a   Garrett, Nancy A ^a   Bargman, Eric P ^a   Harris, Lori A ^a   Pederson, Melinda K ^a   Plocher, David W ^a  

^a Blue Cross Blue Shield of Minnesota   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTICONVULSIVE AGENT; ANTIDEPRESSANT AGENT; CHOLESTEROL; DIGOXIN; DIPEPTIDYL CARBOXYPEPTIDASE INHIBITOR; DIURETIC AGENT; HEMOGLOBIN A1C; LOW DENSITY LIPOPROTEIN CHOLESTEROL;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; ASTHMA; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; CHILD; CHRONIC DISEASE; CONSUMER; DEPRESSION; DIABETES MELLITUS; EYE EXAMINATION; FEMALE; FINANCIAL MANAGEMENT; HEALTH CARE PLANNING; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HEALTHCARE EFFECTIVENESS DATA AND INFORMATION SET; HUMAN; ISCHEMIC HEART DISEASE; KIDNEY DISEASE; LOW BACK PAIN; MALE; PATIENT CARE; PATIENT MONITORING; POPULATION; SCREENING;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CHRONIC DISEASE; CONSUMER PARTICIPATION; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; HEALTH BENEFIT PLANS, EMPLOYEE; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; INSURANCE CLAIM REVIEW; MALE; MANAGED CARE PROGRAMS; MIDDLE AGED; QUALITY OF HEALTH CARE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 69249117431     PISSN: 19427891     EISSN: 19427905     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1089/pop.2008.0018     Document Type: Article

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