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...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...
...researchers worked with data the HMOs turned over to the National Committee for Quality Assurance. And Woolhandler said the data, which was volunteered by the HMOs themselves, is as accurate as possible...
Woolhandler said that while she and her co-author are interested in pursuing the subject further, such studies have been made more difficult recently by HMOs' refusal to hand over data about their care...
...quality of the info available in the future is likely to be less than it is now," she said. "It's almost impossible to get information on HMOs that refuse to release their data...
Woolhandler said the trend of withholding quality data will prove harmful to patients who count on their HMOs for care...