2004
Comparison of Performance of Traditional Medicare vs Medicare Managed Care
Landon BE, Zaslavsky AM, Bernard SL, Cioffi MJ, Cleary PD. Comparison of Performance of Traditional Medicare vs Medicare Managed Care. JAMA 2004, 291: 1744-1752. PMID: 15082702, DOI: 10.1001/jama.291.14.1744.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsPreventive servicesHealth Plans Study (CAHPS) surveyRatings of careAspects of careModel of careBeneficiaries' experiencesFFS Medicare beneficiariesReports of receiptTraditional MedicareCare enrolleesFFS plansMedicare populationMedicare beneficiariesMedicare Managed CareCAHPS surveyCase mixMMC plansService MedicareMMC enrollmentSample of beneficiariesMedicaid ServicesConsumer AssessmentCareHealth careManaged Care
2000
Impact of Sociodemographic Case Mix on the HEDIS Measures of Health Plan Quality
Zaslavsky A, Hochheimer J, Schneider E, Cleary P, Seidman J, McGlynn E, Thompson J, Sennett C, Epstein A. Impact of Sociodemographic Case Mix on the HEDIS Measures of Health Plan Quality. Medical Care 2000, 38: 981-992. PMID: 11021671, DOI: 10.1097/00005650-200010000-00002.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchMeSH KeywordsAdolescentAdultAgedChildChild, PreschoolDiagnosis-Related GroupsFemaleHealth Benefit Plans, EmployeeHealth Maintenance OrganizationsHumansInfantInfant, NewbornLogistic ModelsMaleMiddle AgedMultivariate AnalysisPregnancyPreventive Health ServicesQuality Assurance, Health CareQuality Indicators, Health CareSocioeconomic FactorsUnited StatesConceptsHEDIS measuresSociodemographic characteristicsHealth Plan Employer DataPatients' sociodemographic characteristicsHealth plan membersImmunization of adolescentsHealth plan qualityInformation Set (HEDIS) measuresMeasures of screeningRetinal examPreventive servicesHEDIS dataEmployer DataCase mixPlan membersLogistic regressionMost plansPercent collegeResidential area characteristicsPercentage pointsPercent AsianPlan qualityPublic assistanceSet measuresArea characteristics
1995
Variation in the Use of Cardiac Procedures after Acute Myocardial Infarction
Guadagnoli E, Hauptman P, Ayanian J, Pashos C, McNeil B, Cleary P. Variation in the Use of Cardiac Procedures after Acute Myocardial Infarction. New England Journal Of Medicine 1995, 333: 573-578. PMID: 7623908, DOI: 10.1056/nejm199508313330908.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsHealth-related qualityPatterns of treatmentAcute myocardial infarctionCardiac proceduresRate of useCoronary angiographyMyocardial infarctionMore metabolic equivalentsLikelihood of deathYears of ageLarge geographic differencesMetabolic equivalentsClinical subgroupsMortality ratePatientsCase mixGreater riskInfarctionAngiographyEnergy expenditureTwo-year periodFrequency of useHigh rateTreatmentPhysicians