Children and adolescents on Medicaid do not receive the same quality of care from commercial health plans as commercial enrolees - 24/08/11
Abstract |
Question |
Is there disparity in the quality of healthcare provision to children and adolescents within commercial and Medicaid plans?
Study design |
Outcomes analysis comparing performance indicators.
Main results |
Managed Care Organisation (MCO) health plans with commercially enrolled children performed significantly better on all clinical quality, access and procedure indicators compared with plans with Medicaid-enrolled children (e.g. prenatal care performance score 83% and 57% respectively, p<0.001). Data from plans serving both sectors revealed better performance scores for commercially enrolled children in all indicators (p≤0.03) except adolescent check-up visits (p=0.08).
Authors’ conclusions |
Commercial health plans achieved higher performance indicator scores than those providing care for children and adolescents via Medicaid, including MCOs serving commercial and Medicaid populations.
Le texte complet de cet article est disponible en PDF.Keywords : State health plans, Managed care programs, Medicaid, Quality indicators, Quality of healthcare
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 | Abstracted from: Thompson JW, Ryan KW, Pinidiya SD et al. Quality of care for children in commercial and Medicaid managed care. JAMA 2003; 290: 1486–1493. |
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