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3951262

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PredicateObject
rdf:type
lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
3
pubmed:dateCreated
1986-4-16
pubmed:abstractText
Data from a 6-year follow-up period were used to analyze the mortality of adults who had been continuously enrolled in a prepaid group practice health maintenance organization (HMO) for the previous 7 years. Thirteen percent of the HMO members were classified as consistently high users of outpatient care. Even after adjustment for age, sex, and cigarette smoking, this high user group's mortality rates during the follow-up period were significantly greater than those of the other HMO enrollees. The HMO members as a whole had mortality rates marginally lower than the mortality of the general Oregon population. It can be concluded that HMO enrollees who consistently use high quantities of health care resources generally have significant medical problems in addition to psychosocial difficulties. Assuming that mortality reflects health, long-term HMO members as a group are not much healthier than ordinary Oregonians.
pubmed:grant
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
IM
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:month
Mar
pubmed:issn
0025-7079
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Print
pubmed:volume
24
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
200-8
pubmed:dateRevised
2007-11-14
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed:year
1986
pubmed:articleTitle
Utilization patterns and mortality of HMO enrollees.
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article, Research Support, U.S. Gov't, P.H.S., Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't