April 1, 2005
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Program Result Report
In 2003 investigators at New England Medical Center Hospitals, Boston, collected four-year follow-up data from a cohort of Medicare beneficiaries under study since 1998 to examine differences in health outcomes related to physical and mental health and death for beneficiaries enrolled in traditional fee-for-service Medicare versus those enrolled in Medicare HMOs.
March 1, 2003
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Program Result Report
Brandeis University contracted with two experts in the economics of health care to conduct a literature review and develop a paper for presentation at the Eighth Princeton Conference.
November 1, 2000
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Program Result Report
From 1991 to 1996, researchers at the University of Colorado Health Sciences Center compared outcomes among elderly patients in two types of health care settings.
November 22, 2010
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Program Result Report
Mounting health care costs and misaligned reimbursement systems have prompted employers, health care purchasers and health policymakers to call for the creation of performance measures and transparency in reporting provider performance.
January 1, 2004
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Program Result Report
From 1995 to 2003, the National Academy of Social Insurance convened seven study panels to examine issues pertaining to the restructuring of Medicare.
January 1, 2003
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Program Result Report
The Johns Hopkins University, Bloomberg School of Public Health studied Elder Health, a for-profit managed-care provider in Baltimore, Md., that serves individuals eligible for both Medicare and Medicaid (i.e., dually eligible).
September 1, 2003
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Program Result Report
Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center in Boston investigated the quality of care that managed-care plans provide to patients with a chronic medical condition compared to that indemnity plans (offering fee-for-service care) provide to such patients.
December 1, 2003
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Program Result Report
Investigators at University of Pennsylvania's Treatment Research Institute and the Alcohol Research Group at the University of California, Berkeley (analyzed the impact of managed care on substance abuse treatment.
February 1, 2002
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Program Result Report
From 1992 to 1997, staff from the Maryland Health Care Access and Cost Commission developed and fielded a survey to measure Medicaid recipients' satisfaction with their medical care.
April 1, 2002
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Program Result Report
The UCLA School of Medicine conducted a study to compare the care received by Medicare patients with diabetes in fee-for-service to that received by patients in managed care health plans.