How Consumer Assessments of Managed Care Vary Within and Among Markets

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This study compares the performance of Medicare managed care health plans with others according to the Consumer Assessments of Health Plans Survey.

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How managed care plans contribute to public health practice

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Some health maintenance organizations are offering public health services including alliances with disease prevention programs. A study raised doubts about whether these integrated public health services may be successfully expanded nationwide.

Direct Health and Medical Insurance Carriers, Health Maintenance Organizations, HMO Medical Centers, Hospital and medical service plans, Medical Care Insurance, Health Programs, Statistical Data Included, Management, Services, Public health, Health insurance, Managed care plans (Medical care), Health insurance industry

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Costs of medical care and out-of-pocket expenditures for persons with AIDS in the Boston Health Study

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A study has been conducted to examine the economic costs of caring for persons with AIDS by using data collected from three health care providers in Massachusetts. Results showed that mean costs of health care is $9,093 per patient, with 30% of these cost due to hospital care and 40% to home health care. An analysis of out-of-pocket expenditures showed that it comprised 5% or higher of total health care cost. This suggests that costs of treatment of AIDS has a large impact on health care planning.

Health Care Services, Care and treatment, Economic aspects, Finance, AIDS patients, AIDS (Disease), Ambulatory medical care, Medicare, Ambulatory care utilization

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