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Measuring The "Managedness" And Covered Benefits Of Health Plans, Paula Diehr, David Grembowski
Measuring The "Managedness" And Covered Benefits Of Health Plans, Paula Diehr, David Grembowski
Paula Diehr
STUDY AIMS: (1) To develop indexes measuring the degree of managedness and the covered benefits of health insurance plans, (2) to describe the variation in these indexes among plans in one health insurance market, (3) to assess the validity of the health plan indexes, and (4) to examine the association between patient characteristics and the health plan indexes. Measures of the "managedness" and covered benefits of health plans are requisite for studying the effects of managed care on clinical practice and health system performance, and they may improve people's understanding of our complex health care system. DATA SOURCES/STUDY SETTING: As …