title: A longitudinal model of the dynamics between HMOs' consumer-friendliness and preventive health care utilization.
abstract: This study aims at replicating and extending Xiao and Savage's (2008) research to understand the multidimensional aspect of HMOs distinguished by HMOs' consumer-friendliness, and their relationship to consumers' preventive care utilization. This study develops a dynamic model to consider both concurrent and time lagging effects of HMOs' consumer-friendliness. Our data analysis discloses similar relationship patterns as revealed by Xiao and Savage. Additionally, our findings reveal the time-series changes of the influence of HMOs' consumer-friendliness that either the effects of early experienced HMOs' consumer-friendliness wear out totally or HMOs' consumer-friendly characteristics on the concurrent term contain most of the explanatory power.
authors.forename: Qian
authors.initials: Q
authors.lastname: Xiao
authors.forename: Grant T
authors.initials: GT
authors.lastname: Savage
authors.forename: Weiling
authors.initials: W
authors.lastname: Zhuang
mesh_terms: D000704:Analysis of Variance; D003258:Consumer Behavior; D003363:Cost Control / Q000379:methods / Q000592:standards; D006279:Health Maintenance Organizations / Q000191:economics / Q000458:organization & administration* / Q000592:standards; D006801:Humans; D008137:Longitudinal Studies; D008484:Medicaid; D017146:Models, Organizational; D011314:Preventive Health Services / Q000191:economics / Q000458:organization & administration / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D017149:Private Sector; D012959:Socioeconomic Factors; D014481:United States