2001
National Quality Monitoring of Medicare Health Plans
Schneider E, Zaslavsky A, Landon B, Lied T, Sheingold S, Cleary P. National Quality Monitoring of Medicare Health Plans. Medical Care 2001, 39: 1313-1325. PMID: 11717573, DOI: 10.1097/00005650-200112000-00007.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsMedicare health plansHealth plansClinical qualityHEDIS performanceCAHPS surveyHealth Plans Study (CAHPS) surveyHealth Plan Employer DataBeta-blocker useMental health hospitalizationsObservational cohort studyProportion of enrolleesHealth plan qualityGood clinical careRates of mammographyClinical quality measuresComposite measurePlan careCohort studyEye examMultivariable analysisMyocardial infarctionPersonal doctorClinical careEmployer DataConsumer Assessment
2000
Impact of Sociodemographic Case Mix on the HEDIS Measures of Health Plan Quality
Zaslavsky A, Hochheimer J, Schneider E, Cleary P, Seidman J, McGlynn E, Thompson J, Sennett C, Epstein A. Impact of Sociodemographic Case Mix on the HEDIS Measures of Health Plan Quality. Medical Care 2000, 38: 981-992. PMID: 11021671, DOI: 10.1097/00005650-200010000-00002.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchMeSH KeywordsAdolescentAdultAgedChildChild, PreschoolDiagnosis-Related GroupsFemaleHealth Benefit Plans, EmployeeHealth Maintenance OrganizationsHumansInfantInfant, NewbornLogistic ModelsMaleMiddle AgedMultivariate AnalysisPregnancyPreventive Health ServicesQuality Assurance, Health CareQuality Indicators, Health CareSocioeconomic FactorsUnited StatesConceptsHEDIS measuresSociodemographic characteristicsHealth Plan Employer DataPatients' sociodemographic characteristicsHealth plan membersImmunization of adolescentsHealth plan qualityInformation Set (HEDIS) measuresMeasures of screeningRetinal examPreventive servicesHEDIS dataEmployer DataCase mixPlan membersLogistic regressionMost plansPercent collegeResidential area characteristicsPercentage pointsPercent AsianPlan qualityPublic assistanceSet measuresArea characteristics