Medicare Advantage and the impact of Medicare  HMOs on inpatient utilization.
(1) Health maintenance organizations (HMOs) decrease inpatient utilization for Medicare enrollees. (2) California group and staff HMO enrollees used 18 percent fewer inpatient days than had they continued in Medicare fee-for-service (FFS) plans, with an 11 percent reduction for independent practice association (IPA) HMO enrollees.
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Changes in Health Care Financing and Organization (HCFO), USA; jenny.minott@academyhealth.org.
D018588:Fee-for-Service Plans; D006279:Health Maintenance Organizations / Q000458:organization & administration / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D006761:Hospitals / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D006801:Humans; D007297:Inpatients; D008329:Managed Care Programs; D006278:Medicare / Q000458:organization & administration / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D014481:United States