Consumer responsibility in a prepaid group health plan.

Harrelson, E F; Donovan, Kaitlin

doi:10.2105/ajph.65.10.1077

Am J Public Health

1975

DOI: 10.2105/ajph.65.10.1077

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Consumer responsibility in a prepaid group health plan.

E F Harrelson¹,

Kaitlin Donovan²

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The relative emphasis upon physician practice and organizational affairs of a consumer council in a prepaid group practice health plan

Steinberg¹

1979

J Community Health

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This paper examines the topics of interest to a consumer advisory council in the Health Insurance Plan of Greater New York, a prepaid group practice. Data are derived from observations of consumer council meetings. Topics considered by the council dealt with (a) health plan services, (b) health plan structure, and (c) consumer council structure, process, and organizational role. The council was primarily interested in retaining and expanding existing services, facilitating utilization of services by enrollees, and achieving broader enrollee representation on the board of directors. These interests are directed toward the organizational context within which care is provided and do not relate to physician-patient encounters. Individual enrollees in prepaid group practice may be concerned with the physician-client relationship but consumer representatives are concerned only with the organization-client relationship.

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The relative emphasis upon physician practice and organizational affairs of a consumer council in a prepaid group practice health plan

Steinberg¹

1979

J Community Health

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The Johns Hopkins Experience in Columbia, Maryland

Heyssel¹,

Seidel²

1976

N Engl J Med

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A university-related prepaid group practice was established in Columbia, Maryland, in 1969, by the Johns Hopkins Medical Institutions with the cooperation of the Connecticut General Life Insurance Company. Objectives were based on the traditional triad of service, teaching and research. The effort continues. There has been visible success in the achievement of each of the objectives. It is evident, however, that the development of the Columbia Medical Plan would have been facilitated if there had been a larger population base in which to market membership in the Plan, if marketing had been under the direction of the health-care provider, and if the burden of the building and running of a hospital had not been assumed. Overall, the experience suggests that the Health Maintenance Organization movement has only modest ultimate potential as an option in health-care delivery in the current economic milieu of American medicine.

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Health Education Needs Assessment in an HMO: A Case Study

Howard

1982

Health Education Quarterly

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Potential health education services for HMO subscribers are numerous and varied, ranging across the entire wellness to sickness spectrum. Because of cost consciousness and limited educational resources, careful needs assessment and selection of priorities are vital to the success of HMO health education efforts. The results of utilizing six needs assessment methodologies are presented in this case study. Consumer and provider involvement in the needs assessment process revealed five top priority health problems or opportunities for health education: membership education needs; overweight/obesity; self-care needs; hypertension; and smoking. These recommendations did not include perinatal and pediatric health education services as top priority needs, an outcome at variance with the results of the other needs assessment methodologies. This variance emphasizes the importance of employing multiple techniques in the needs assessment process. Problems in implementing various needs assessment methodologies are discussed as well as implications for health education practice.

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Consumer responsibility in a prepaid group health plan.

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The relative emphasis upon physician practice and organizational affairs of a consumer council in a prepaid group practice health plan

The relative emphasis upon physician practice and organizational affairs of a consumer council in a prepaid group practice health plan

The Johns Hopkins Experience in Columbia, Maryland

Health Education Needs Assessment in an HMO: A Case Study

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