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Peer reviewedKane, Robert L.; Flood, Shannon; Bershadsky, Boris; Keckhafer, Gail – Gerontologist, 2004
Purpose: We sought to assess the quality of care provided by an innovative Medicare+Choice HMO targeted specifically at nursing home residents and employing nurse practitioners to provide additional primary care over and above that provided by physicians. The underlying premise of the Evercare approach is that the additional primary care will…
Descriptors: Physicians, Nurses, Mortality Rate, Hospitals
Peer reviewedKane, Robert L.; Homyak, Patricia; Bershadsky, Boris; Lum, Terry; Flood, Shannon; Zhang, Hui – Gerontologist, 2005
Purpose: Our objective in this study was to compare the quality of care provided under the Minnesota Senior Health Options (MSHO), a special program designed to serve dually eligible older persons, to care provided to controls who received fee-for-service Medicare and Medicaid managed care. Design and Methods: Two control groups were used; one was…
Descriptors: Medical Care Evaluation, Older Adults, Mortality Rate, Hospitals
