Managed Health Care

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HMO Vs Fee-for-Service Care of Older Persons with Acute Myocardial Infarction — Jan 1, 1992

Compares care for older patients with acute myocardial infarction in HMOs with their care under the fee-for-service system.

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How Do HMOs Reduce Outpatient Mental Health Care Costs? — Jan 1, 1991

The authors used data from the National Institute of Mental Health Epidemiologic Catchment Area (ECA) study to examine differences in the prevalence of psychiatric disorder and differences in the use of outpatient mental health services for adults enrolled in HMO or fee-for-service health insurance plans.

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Early Effect of Medicare's Prospective Payment System on the Use of Medical Intensive Care Services in Three Community Hospitals — Jan 1, 1988

To assess the impact of Medicare's prospective payment system (PPS) on patient care and outcome from the medical intensive care unit (MICU), we reviewed the medical records of 400 MICU patients from three community hospitals: 200 patients were admitted before the PPS and 200 were admitted after the PPS.

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Effect of a Health Maintenance Organization on Physiologic Health: Results from a Randomized Trial — Jan 1, 1987

Authors conclude that the cost savings achieved by this HMO through lower hospitalization rates were not reflected in lower levels of health status.

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Use of Outpatient Mental Health Services Over Time in a Health Maintenance Organization and Fee-for-Service Plans — Jan 1, 1987

In any given year, enrollees in the HMO and a fee-for-service plan with identical benefits were equally likely to visit a mental health specialist.

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Monitoring Quality of Care in the Medicare Program: Two Proposed Systems — Jan 1, 1987

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Comparison of Health Outcomes at Health Maintenance Organization with Those of Fee-for-Service Care — Jan 1, 1986

This research sought to determine whether health outcomes in a health maintenance organisation (HMO) differed from those in the fee-for-service (FFS) system.

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Q Burkhart

Statistical Project Associate
M.S. in statistics, North Carolina St University; B.A. in applied mathematics, Brown University

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M. Audrey Burnam

Senior Behavioral Scientist
Ph.D. in social psychology, University of Texas at Austin; B.A. in psychology, University of Arizona

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Cheryl L. Damberg

Senior Policy Researcher; Professor, Pardee RAND Graduate School
Ph.D. in public policy and health services research, Pardee RAND Graduate School; M.P.H. in health education, population planning, University of Michigan School of Public Health; B.S. in zoology, natural science, Michigan State University

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Jose J. Escarce

Adjunct Health Researcher
M.D., University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine; Ph.D., Health Care Systems, University of Pennsylvania Wharton School

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Dana P. Goldman

Affiliated Adjunct Staff; Professor, Pardee RAND Graduate School
Ph.D. in economics, Stanford University; B.A. in economics, Cornell University

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Darius N. Lakdawalla

Affiliated Adjunct Staff
Ph.D. in economics, University of Chicago

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M. Susan Ridgely

Senior Policy Analyst
J.D., University of Maryland School of Law

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Elizabeth M. Sloss

Natural Scientist
Ph.D. in epidemiology, University of California, Los Angeles

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Bradley D. Stein

Senior Natural Scientist
Ph.D., Pardee RAND Graduate School; M.P.H. and M.D., University of Pittsburgh; B.A., Georgetown University

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