HMOs and the elderly / edited by Harold S. Luft.

"Conference on HMOs and Other Alternative Delivery Systems and the Elderly ... held in San Francisco on November 17 and 18, 1992"--Pref.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Costs and use of services. The effects of Medicare risk HMOs on Medicare costs and service utilization / Randall S. Brown and Jerrold W. Hill -- The Twin Cities Medicare health plans market : choice, cost, and health status / Catherine Wisner, Roger Feldman, and Bryan Dowd -- Responses and discussion / Thomas Rice, Jan Malcolm -- Enrollee satisfaction. Satisfaction with access and quality of care in Medicare risk contract HMOs / Dolores Gurnick Clement, Sheldon M. Retchin, and Randall S. Brown -- Satisfaction in the social/health maintenance organization : a comparison of members, disenrollees, and those in fee-for-service / Robert Newcomer, Charlene Harrington, and Steven Preston -- Responses and discussion / Haya R. Rubin ... [et al.] -- Quality of care for selected conditions. Care of patients hospitalized with strokes under the Medicare risk program / Sheldon M. Retchin, Dolores Gurnick Clement, and Randall S. Brown.

Do HMOs provide better care for older patients with acute myocardial infarction? / David M. Carlisle ... [et al.] -- Responses and discussion / Patrick S. Romano, Edward Wagner -- Appropriate premium levels. HMO market share and its effect on local Medicare costs / W. Pete Welch -- Strengths and weaknesses of the AAPCC : when does risk adjustment become cost reimbursement? / Louis F. Rossiter, Herng-Chia Chiu, and Sheau-Hwa Chen -- Responses and discussion / Susan E. Palsbo, Jon B. Christianson -- Integrative overviews. Research perspectives on HMOs and the elderly / Joseph R. Antos --Medicare risk contracting : policy or market failure? / Mark C. Hornbrook -- Summing up / Harold S. Luft.