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Understanding Needs and Concerns of the Elderly Regarding Medicare Health Maintenance Organizations
Author(s) -
PRASAD V. KANTI,
JAVALGI RAJSHEKHAR G.
Publication year - 1992
Publication title -
journal of consumer affairs
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.582
H-Index - 62
eISSN - 1745-6606
pISSN - 0022-0078
DOI - 10.1111/j.1745-6606.1992.tb00015.x
Subject(s) - health maintenance , business , service (business) , actuarial science , fee for service , health care , gerontology , medicine , marketing , economic growth , economics
Medicare beneficiaries, who currently receive health care under a fee‐for‐service system, present new challenges and opportunities for Medicare‐HMOs. Part of the challenge lies in discerning major need dimensions underlying the elderly's choice between standard Medicare and a Medicare‐HMO. Although Medicare‐HMOs have special features likely to be particularly beneficial to the elderly, they are not greeted without some disquietude. The paper focuses on identifying the major need dimensions and concerns of the elderly in choosing a Medicare‐HMO over the traditional fee‐for‐service Medicare system.