title: Public sector HMO members report more hospital days in Medicaid, Medicare study.
abstract: Data Benchmarks: Medicaid, Medicare study reveals that public-sector HMO members have higher hospital utilization. Based on an excerpt from National Health Information's book, Managed Medicaid: Data Sourcebook, this benchmarking data can help providers with Medicare and Medicaid risk contracts compare their utilization data with national statistics and be better prepared at the bargaining table.
mesh_terms: D000553:Ambulatory Care / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D019985:Benchmarking / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D003625:Data Collection; D006279:Health Maintenance Organizations / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D006761:Hospitals / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D008484:Medicaid / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D006278:Medicare / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D010817:Physician-Patient Relations; D014481:United States