PROSPECTS AND PROBLEMS IN USING DATA FROM HMOS FOR THE STUDY OF AGINGPOPULATIONS AND THEIR HEALTH-CARE NEEDS

Authors
DURHAM ML
Citation
Ml. Durham, PROSPECTS AND PROBLEMS IN USING DATA FROM HMOS FOR THE STUDY OF AGINGPOPULATIONS AND THEIR HEALTH-CARE NEEDS, The Gerontologist, 34(4), 1994, pp. 481-485
Citations number
9
Categorie Soggetti
Geiatric & Gerontology
Journal title
The Gerontologist → ACNP
ISSN journal
00169013
Volume
34
Issue
4
Year of publication
1994
Pages
481 - 485
Database
ISI
SICI code
0016-9013(1994)34:4<481:PAPIUD>2.0.ZU;2-B
Abstract
Health Maintenance organizations (HMOs) are providing a larger volume of health care services to older Americans than ever before. HMOs must reexamine the general practice of equating utilization of services wi th the health care need and collect better population-based informatio n, including measures of health status. This article discusses the dat a elements that are widely available in HMO data bases as well as thos e that are predictably missing.