Patients in Medicare HMOs who experience strokes are more likely to be discharged to nursing homes and less likely to go to rehabilitation facilities following the acute event. However, they have similar survival patterns compared with comparable patients in FFS settings after adjusting for...

A synthesis of findings from all components of the evaluation concludes that each of the five states, by introducing managed care, have enhanced the potential for improving the quality of care delivered to Medicaid beneficiaries. In addition, the coverage expansions yielded much better...