Open AccessUnhealthy Competition: Consequences of Health Plan Choice in California Medicaid
Author(s) -
Christopher Millett,
Arpita Chattopadhyay,
Andrew B. Bindman
Publication year - 2010
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.2009.182451
Subject(s) - medicaid , medicine , demography , poisson regression , confidence interval , ambulatory care , residence , ambulatory , health care , ethnic group , environmental health , gerontology , population , sociology , anthropology , economics , economic growth
We compared the quality of care received by managed care Medicaid beneficiaries in counties with a choice of health plans and counties with no choice.