July 1, 2002
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Program Result
Researchers from the Johns Hopkins University School of Hygiene and Public Health examined the mix of services provided to consumers enrolled in alternative types of managed-care plans.
January 1, 2001
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Program Result
From 1995 to 1998, People-to-People Health Foundation, Millwood, Va., examined the management tools and strategies that managed care organizations use to influence technologies used by primary care physicians — including how to prescribe drugs and make referrals to specialists.
January 1, 1997
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Program Result
During 1992 and 1993, staff at the Johns Hopkins Health System created a plan to develop and market a managed care product offering capitated specialist care for the employed chronically ill.
July 1, 2002
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Program Result
Dartmouth Medical School conducted a study to compare the practice styles of generalist and specialist physicians. They assessed whether generalists and specialists differed in resources deployed to treat illnesses and responses to financial incentives.
August 1, 2000
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Program Result
The Society of General Internal Medicine (SGIM) developed a supplement to the Journal of General Internal Medicine on the role of the physician in managed care, which was published in January 1999.
November 1, 1996
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Program Result
The Boston University School of Management identified the issues that need to be examined in order to determine what organizational characteristics and policies are necessary for the provision of cost-efficient care by physicians.
January 1, 1999
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Program Result
The People-to-People Health Foundation conducted a national survey of rural physicians in 1993 and 1994 to examine their practice style and supply in medically underserved areas.
April 1, 1997
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Program Result
The University of California, Los Angeles, School of Medicine examined how the structure and intensity of utilization management in physician groups with capitated contracts affect primary care physician and patient satisfaction.