Quality Measures and Managed Care Markets. Inclusive Dates: 7/15/2000-6/30/2007

摘要

The goal of our program project was to understand how marketplace behavior affects quality and how the increased focus on quality in turn affects the various participants in the health care system. Specifically, we planned to examine: (1) decisions by large employers in choosing among health plans, (2) how these decisions influence health plan quality in markets with varying degrees of health plan competition, (3) advertising strategies used by plans to attract various types of enrollees, and (4) the implications of behaviors in these different markets for consumers, with a focus on racial and ethnic minority groups.