title: How mature is your organization's prevention effort? Four stages of managed care health promotion.
abstract: Rooted in prevention since the 1973 HMO Act, managed care has weathered seasons enough to put down roots in patient education and preventive services. Now it shows a readiness for re-potting. For health promotion to reach full maturity and realize its highest calling, its roots need to spread into the community. Analysts have posited four stages of managed care market penetration; similarly, I propose four stages of maturation in managed care-based prevention initiatives (Table 1). These stages of prevention are based on an analysis of more than 100 presentations from a series of "Managed Care to Managed Health" conferences sponsored by The Institute for Research and Education, Health-System Minnesota in Minneapolis. The following descriptions of the stages of maturation illustrate the development of prevention efforts--from patient education and preventive services in early stages to improving the health of enrollees and ultimately the community in later stages.
authors: Institute for Research and Education, Health System Minnesota, USA.
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mesh_terms: D018672:Community Health Planning / Q000458:organization & administration; D006293:Health Promotion / Q000458:organization & administration*; D006305:Health Status Indicators; D006801:Humans; D008329:Managed Care Programs / Q000191:economics / Q000458:organization & administration*; D009937:Organizational Objectives; D010353:Patient Education as Topic; D017060:Patient Satisfaction; D010934:Planning Techniques; D011314:Preventive Health Services / Q000458:organization & administration*; D011788:Quality of Life; D014481:United States / Q000453:epidemiology