title: The versatile medical loss ratio.
abstract: Despite its growing popularity, the medical loss ratio (MLR) does not measure the quality of care that a managed health plan provides to its members. This ratio also does not fulfill other purposes for which it is used. Conclusions based on MLRs alone may be wrong and result in flawed public policy.
authors.forename: P L
authors.initials: PL
authors.lastname: Grimaldi
mesh_terms: D005102:Health Expenditures / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D006279:Health Maintenance Organizations / Q000191:economics*; D006801:Humans; D007182:Income / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D011787:Quality of Health Care; D014481:United States