Health Plan Performance Measurement: Does it Affect Quality of Care for Medicare Managed Care Enrollees?

• Main Authors: M. Kate Bundorf (Author), Kavita Choudhry (Author), Laurence Baker (Author)
• פורמט: ספר
• יצא לאור: SAGE Publishing, 2008-05-01T00:00:00Z.
• נושאים: article
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Although the objective of provider performance measurement is to improve quality of care, little evidence exists on whether it has this effect. This study examines the implementation of mandatory quality reporting for Medicare managed care (MMC) plans. We compare utilization rates of performance-mea...