Quality of care by insurance plan. A fee-for-service versus health maintenance organization comparison.
This study sought to determine if differences in quality of care existed between fee-for-service and health maintenance organization insurance plans (N = 154) for patients with congestive heart failure. There were no statistically significant differences in outcomes between the insurance plans.
Silcox
Pamela D
PD
University of Tennessee, Knoxville, USA. PameladSilcox@aol.com
D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D018588:Fee-for-Service Plans / Q000592:standards*; D005260:Female; D006279:Health Maintenance Organizations / Q000592:standards*; D006302:Health Services Research; D006333:Heart Failure / Q000191:economics / Q000628:therapy*; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D017063:Outcome Assessment, Health Care; D011787:Quality of Health Care; D014481:United States