Word: hmos
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...study published last week found that managed care patients receive higher quality care, on average, if they are covered by not-for-profit health maintenance organizations (HMOs) than if they are covered by for-profit HMOs...
...study has far-reaching implications since so many Americans use for-profit HMOs, according to the study's authors...
...large proportion of Americans are getting their care in HMOs," said Associate Professor of Medicine Dr. Steffie J. Woolhandler, who co-authored the study with Associate Professor David U. Himmlestein...
...These new HMOs that dominate the market are primarily for-profit," Woolhandler said. "And little is known about the quality of care in those plans...
...think a lot of doctors had guessed that the quality of care is better in non-profit HMOs," she said, adding that private health plans generally spend more money than not-for-profits on various expenses...