5170.0: Wednesday, October 24, 2001: 2:30 PM-4:00 PM

Oral Session

Managed Care, Hospitals and Quality of Care

26679, 20774, 25001, 26857
See individual abstracts for presenting author's disclosure statement.
Learning Objectives: Papers have objectives
Presider(s):Jon Thompson, PhD
2:30 PMIntroductory Remarks
2:35 PMThe impact of integrated delivery systems on hospital resource use and hospital quality
Yang K. Kim, PhD, Carleen H. Stoskopf, ScD, Micheal Samuels, Samuel L. Baker, PhD, Ruth P. Saunders, PhD
2:55 PMBeyond volume of patients: organizational and professional factors related to hospital outcomes
Regis Blais, PhD, Raynald Pineault, MD, PhD, Pierre Boyle, PhD, Serge Dube, MD, Danielle Larouche, MSc, Mylene Fournier, MSc
3:15 PMHealth plan monitoring of network physicians: A framework for quality improvement
Jon M. Thompson, PhD, George W. Marrah, PhD
3:35 PMAre selection bias assumptions always appropriate? Evidence that high resources utilizers choose voluntary managed care plans
William J Miller, PhD, Patricia Ketsche, PhD, Susan A. McLaren, MPH, John Newman, PhD, Andrew T. Sumner, ScD
3:55 PMConcluding Remarks
Sponsor:Health Administration
Cosponsors:Social Work; Socialist Caucus
CE Credits:CME, Health Education (CHES), Nursing, Pharmacy, Social Work

The 129th Annual Meeting of APHA