Quality of Life and Patient Satisfaction: ESRD Managed Care Demonstration
| Autor: | Pifer, Trinh B., Bragg-Gresham, Jennifer L., Dykstra, Dawn M., Shapiro, Jennifer R., Oppenheimer, Caitlin Carroll, Gaylin, Daniel S., Beronja, Nancy, Rubin, Robert J., Held, Philip J. |
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| Jazyk: | angličtina |
| Rok vydání: | 2003 |
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Health Maintenance Organizations Fee-for-Service Plans Pilot Projects Middle Aged Medicare California Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services U.S United States Outcome and Process Assessment Health Care Patient Satisfaction Renal Dialysis Florida Quality of Life Humans Kidney Failure Chronic Female Research Article |
| Zdroj: | Health Care Financing Review |
| ISSN: | 1554-9887 0195-8631 |
| Popis: | To study the effects of managed care on dialysis patients, we compared the quality of life and patient satisfaction of patients in a managed care demonstration with three comparison samples: fee-for-service (FFS) patients, managed care patients outside the demonstration, and patients in a separate national study. Managed care patients were less satisfied than FFS patients about access to health care providers, but more satisfied with the financial benefits (copayment coverage, prescription drugs, and nutritional supplements) provided under the demonstration managed care plan (MCP). After 1 year in the demonstration, patients exhibited statistically and clinically significant increases in quality of life scores. |
| Databáze: | OpenAIRE |
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