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Managed Care Policies Limit the Diffusion of Medical Technology

January 1, 2001 | Program Result Report

From 1995 to 1998, researchers at Stanford University looked at how managed care penetration in given geographic areas affected the diffusion and use of magnetic resonance imaging (MRI), a technology that allows physicians to obtain very clear pictures of patients' internal organs and internal structures without invasive procedures.

Most HMOs Use Drug Formularies to Influence Prescribing Behavior of Docs

January 1, 2001 | Program Result Report

From 1995 to 1998, People-to-People Health Foundation, Millwood, Va., examined the management tools and strategies that managed care organizations use to influence technologies used by primary care physicians — including how to prescribe drugs and make referrals to specialists.

Researchers Find Elderly Patients Need Help in Navigating Disputes Over Care

November 1, 2001 | Program Result Report

From 1998 to 2000, staff at the American Bar Association Commission on Legal Problems of the Elderly surveyed managed care plans on their current practices for resolving enrollee-plan disputes. The project emphasized disputes involving older people and recommended workable options for improving dispute resolution.

How Does Managed Care Affect Workers Who are Chronically Ill or Disabled?

November 1, 2001 | Program Result Report

The Yale University School of Medicine examined how working people with chronic illnesses and functional limitations fare under various forms of prepaid managed health care plans.

Managed Care Guidebooks for Caseworkers and Foster Parents

March 1, 2000 | Program Result Report

The Child Welfare League of America, Inc., researched, produced, and disseminated two practical guidebooks for those who care for and work on behalf of children in the foster care system.

Report Outlines Who Should Protect Managed Care Consumers

March 1, 1999 | Program Result Report

Kalkines, Arky, Zall & Bernstein produced a report evaluating state legislative initiatives intended to preserve the autonomy of the physician-patient relationship within the new cost and clinical constraints of managed care.

Issue Briefs and Forum Outline Impact of Managed Care on Vulnerable Populations

August 31, 1998 | Program Result Report

During 1997 and 1998, The Alliance for Health Reform produced a series of four forums on the topic of vulnerable populations and managed care.

Pressure from HMOs to See More Patients Decreases Time Devoted to Teaching of Third-Year Medical School Students

January 1, 2003 | Program Result Report

The University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences, Little Rock, conducted a 2000 study of junior medical students' educational activities - instructional time and types of teachers - in non-university teaching hospitals.

2000 Conference Examines Ways to Improve Cost-Effectiveness Analyses in Managed Care

March 1, 2003 | Program Result Report

In 2000, the Kaiser Foundation Research Institute of Portland, Ore. held a conference on cost-effectiveness analysis and managed care.

Study Tracks HMOs' Community Service Activities

May 1, 2003 | Program Result Report

From 1997 to 2001, researchers from the New York Academy of Medicine and Yale University collaborated in an investigation of the potential of managed care organizations to benefit the communities in which they operate.

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