MEDICARE ADVANTAGE (MA) PLAN CHARACTERISTICS ON PHYSICAL AND MENTAL HEALTH OUTCOMES OF MA BENEFICIARIES
Rashmita Basu · 2023
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Description
Medicare Advantage plans differ in ownership, type, and size, and Basu asks whether those traits track with how healthy their members report being. The data come from the federal Health Outcomes Survey across three yearly cohorts totaling over half a million beneficiaries.
Members of PPO plans reported better physical and mental health scores than those in HMO or cost-contract plans. Very small plans, with under five thousand members, were linked to lower physical health scores than plans over one hundred thousand. For-profit ownership was tied to lower mental health scores. The author argues that plan traits deserve a place in shoppers' decisions and in quality improvement work, since they shape the care experience behind the scores.
Catalog record
| CREATOR | Rashmita Basu |
|---|---|
| YEAR | 2023 |
| COLLECTION | PAPERS |
| FORMAT | TXT |
| FILE SIZE | 2 KB |
| VERSION | 1.0 |
| LICENSE | CC BY 4.0 |
| RIGHTS | CC BY |
| SOURCE | Europe PMC |