Use of health services by previously uninsured Medicare beneficiaries

Article Abstract:

Propensity-score methods are used for comparing self-reported health care use and expenditures for cohorts of previously uninsured Medicare beneficiaries and insured adults with similar characteristics, especially those with cardiovascular disease or diabetes. The analysis has shown that the costs of expanding health insurance for uninsured adults before they reach 65 years might be partially offset by subsequent reductions in the health care use and spending for these adults after the age of 65.

Cardiovascular diseases, Risk factors, Medically uninsured persons, Diabetes, Diabetes mellitus, Clinical report

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Trends in the quality of care and racial disparities in Medicare managed care

Article Abstract:

The quality of care for elderly white and AfricanAmerican beneficiaries enrolled in Medicare managed-care plans that were eligible for at least one of nine Health Plan Employer Data and Information Set (HEDIS) measures is compared. The measured quality of care of elderly Medicare beneficiaries in managed-care plans improved substantially from 1997 to 2003 and the racial disparities seemed to decline.

United States, Managed care plans (Medical care), African American aged, African American elderly

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Harnessing the power of default options to improve health care

Article Abstract:

The guidelines and principles which would provide policy makers to design, better and improved public health care default options are discussed. Such policies would provide public accessibility to health care choices and cost as well as reduce the use of interventions that place patients at risk.

Health care services accessibility

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