Open AccessHMO vs fee-for-service care of older persons with acute myocardial infarction.
Author(s) -
D Carlisle,
Albert L. Siu,
Emmett B. Keeler,
Elizabeth A. McGlynn,
Katherine L. Kahn,
Lisa V. Rubenstein,
Robert H. Brook
Publication year - 1992
Publication title -
american journal of public health
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 2.284
H-Index - 264
eISSN - 1541-0048
pISSN - 0090-0036
DOI - 10.2105/ajph.82.12.1626
Subject(s) - myocardial infarction , medicine , fee for service , gerontology , emergency medicine , family medicine , medical emergency , health care , economics , economic growth
Health maintenance organizations (HMOs) continue to grow in number and in their enrollment of Medicare recipients. They are also increasingly viewed as organizational structures that might contribute to control of health care costs. Yet little is known about the quality of care that elderly HMO enrollees receive.