title: Linking health plan performance with disability outcomes.
abstract: Although the managed health care industry evolved and matured in the 1980s and 1990s, such initiatives to control disability costs failed to keep pace. As employers became aware of the costs of lost productivity, managed disability programs quickly evolved. This article discusses the trends, issues and assumptions in managed health and disability models, providing case studies to support the authors' hypothesis that health plans can have a direct impact on disability duration.
authors.affiliation: CORE, INC., USA.
authors.forename: R
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Auerbach
authors.forename: B
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Lucas
mesh_terms: D000041:Absenteeism; D003365:Costs and Cost Analysis; D006233:Persons with Disabilities / Q000534:rehabilitation* / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D004526:Efficiency; D017050:Episode of Care; D006264:Health Benefit Plans, Employee / Q000592:standards; D006801:Humans; D018868:Insurance, Disability / Q000458:organization & administration*; D008329:Managed Care Programs / Q000458:organization & administration* / Q000639:trends; D017146:Models, Organizational; D017063:Outcome Assessment, Health Care; D014481:United States