Assessing Medicare Health Plan Performance in Serving Beneficiary Subpopulations [0.03%]
评估医疗保健计划在服务受益人亚群体方面的表现
Donald F Cox,Kathryn M Langwell,Benjamin Eckert
Donald F Cox
In this analysis, the authors examined differences in managed care health plan performance ratings between selected subgroups of the Medicare population who may have exceptional health care needs (EHCNs) or may require special plan efforts ...
Robert J Buchanan,Scott R Smith
Robert J Buchanan
Acquired immunodeficiency syndrome (AIDS) drug assistance programs (ADAPs) provide access to medications for people who lack other health coverage. In this article, the authors present the results of a 1997 survey identifying how 48 States ...
Paul W Eggers
Paul W Eggers
Perhaps no other Federal Government program can lay claim to have saved as many lives as the Medicare end stage renal disease (ESRD) program. Since its inception in 1973, as a result of the Social Security Amendments of 1972 (Public Law 92-...
Elizabeth Docteur
Elizabeth Docteur
As HCFA initiates the next generation of health plan performance measures, the agency must address challenges associated with measuring the quality of care in all of the settings in which Medicare and Medicaid beneficiaries obtain care. One...
Louis P Garrison Jr
Louis P Garrison Jr
This article assesses the arguments and evidence concerning the likely effectiveness of four supply-side cost-containment measures. The health planning efforts of the 1970s, particularly certificate-of-need regulations, had very limited suc...
Health Care Indicators [0.03%]
卫生指标
Carolyn S Donham,Brenda T Maple,Lekha Sivarajan
Carolyn S Donham
This regular feature of the journal includes a discussion of each of the following four topics community hospital statistics; employment, hours, and earnings in the private health sector; health care prices; and national economic indicators...
Linda F Wolf,John K Gorman
Linda F Wolf
This overview discusses articles published in this issue of the Health Care Financing Review, entitled "Managed Care: Advances in Financing." Articles cover the cutting-edge developments in payment methods for managed care organizations and...
Nancy-Ann Min DeParle
Nancy-Ann Min DeParle
Nancy De Lew
Nancy De Lew