Managed care and measuring medical outcomes: Did the rise of HMOs contribute to the fall in the autopsy rate?

Social Science and Medicine

Volumn 70, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 191-198

  Harrington, David E ^b   Sayre, Edward A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN MISSISSIPPI   (United States)

^b KENYON COLLEGE   (United States)

Author keywords

Autopsy rate; Health care financing; Imaging technology; Managed care organizations; USA

Indexed keywords

FINANCIAL SERVICES; HEALTH CARE; HEALTH INSURANCE; HEALTH SERVICES; IMAGING METHOD;

ARTICLE; AUTOPSY; CONTROLLED STUDY; COST CONTROL; DIAGNOSTIC ERROR; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; HEALTH CARE COST; HEALTH CARE FINANCING; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HEALTH MAINTENANCE ORGANIZATION; MANAGED CARE; MANAGED CARE ORGANIZATION; MORTALITY; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; UNITED STATES;

AUTOPSY; HEALTH CARE COSTS; HEALTH CARE REFORM; HEALTH CARE SECTOR; HEALTH MAINTENANCE ORGANIZATIONS; HEALTH SERVICES ACCESSIBILITY; HOSPITAL MORTALITY; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; UNITED STATES;

NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES;

EID: 71849120232     PISSN: 02779536     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.socscimed.2009.09.018     Document Type: Article

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