Measuring the characteristics of managed care plans and of the health care markets in which the plans operate is a complex undertaking. Based on a previously developed framework of health plan factors, we review measures of managed care plans and the characteristics of the area in which an individual resides using two national surveys, the Medical Expenditure Panel Survey (MEPS) and the National Health Interview Survey (NHIS), and other data sources such as the Area Resources File and the United States census. We provide empirical applications of these measures and also discuss common analytical issues that should be considered. Despite the many analytical chal-lenges presented by these complex surveys, the MEPS and NHIS are rich sources of...
health expenditures total more than $700 billion and make up over 13 percent of the gross domestic p...
This study focuses on the effects health maintenance organizations (HMOs) have, and are having on th...
Percentage distributions for variables in the Michigan Ambulatory Medical Care Survey (MAMCS), both ...
Users can customize table and download data sets to gather information on Americans' use and experie...
This paper quantifies risk selection among competing Medicare managed care plans, using beneficiary ...
This study examines six local health care markets to gain a better understanding of the factors asso...
This thesis examines the effect of managed care on health care expenditures and the utilization of p...
Growing interest in using consumer satis faction information to enhance quality of care and promote ...
Though managed care organizations (MCOs) reportedly save patients over $300 billion annually, comple...
Correspondence issued by the Government Accountability Office with an abstract that begins "Health c...
collects data on health care utilization, expenditures, sources of payment, insurance coverage, and ...
Objective. To determine if members of commercial managed care and Medicaid managed care rate the exp...
By 1993, over 70% of all Americans with health insurance were enrolled in some form of managed care ...
Substantial changes in the organization, delivery, and financing of health care over the last decade...
The purpose of this study was to determine what factors in clinical performance can negatively impac...
health expenditures total more than $700 billion and make up over 13 percent of the gross domestic p...
This study focuses on the effects health maintenance organizations (HMOs) have, and are having on th...
Percentage distributions for variables in the Michigan Ambulatory Medical Care Survey (MAMCS), both ...
Users can customize table and download data sets to gather information on Americans' use and experie...
This paper quantifies risk selection among competing Medicare managed care plans, using beneficiary ...
This study examines six local health care markets to gain a better understanding of the factors asso...
This thesis examines the effect of managed care on health care expenditures and the utilization of p...
Growing interest in using consumer satis faction information to enhance quality of care and promote ...
Though managed care organizations (MCOs) reportedly save patients over $300 billion annually, comple...
Correspondence issued by the Government Accountability Office with an abstract that begins "Health c...
collects data on health care utilization, expenditures, sources of payment, insurance coverage, and ...
Objective. To determine if members of commercial managed care and Medicaid managed care rate the exp...
By 1993, over 70% of all Americans with health insurance were enrolled in some form of managed care ...
Substantial changes in the organization, delivery, and financing of health care over the last decade...
The purpose of this study was to determine what factors in clinical performance can negatively impac...
health expenditures total more than $700 billion and make up over 13 percent of the gross domestic p...
This study focuses on the effects health maintenance organizations (HMOs) have, and are having on th...
Percentage distributions for variables in the Michigan Ambulatory Medical Care Survey (MAMCS), both ...