Developing a Tool for Analyzing Medical Care Utilization of Adult Asthma Patients in Indemnity and Managed Care Plans: Can an Episodes of Care Framework Be Used?

We evaluated the health care resource utilization between adult asthma patients in managed care organizations with those in indemnity plans using an episodes of care methodology. We also examined the importance of risk adjustment in explaining variation in resource utilization. Episodes were constru...

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