PROSPECTS AND PROBLEMS IN USING DATA FROM HMOS FOR THE STUDY OF AGING POPULATIONS AND THEIR HEALTH-CARE NEEDS

被引:4
作者
DURHAM, ML [1 ]
机构
[1] UNIV WASHINGTON,SCH PUBL HLTH & COMMUNITY MED,SEATTLE,WA 98195
关键词
MANAGED CARE; UTILIZATION; HEALTH INFORMATION SYSTEMS;
D O I
10.1093/geront/34.4.481
中图分类号
R4 [临床医学]; R592 [老年病学];
学科分类号
1002 ; 100203 ; 100602 ;
摘要
Health Maintenance organizations (HMOs) are providing a larger volume of health care services to older Americans than ever before. HMOs must reexamine the general practice of equating utilization of services with the health care need and collect better population-based information, including measures of health status. This article discusses the data elements that are widely available in HMO data bases as well as those that are predictably missing.
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页码:481 / 485
页数:5
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