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Article: Children's Use of Primary and Preventive Care Under Medicaid Managed Care.
- Article from:
- Health Care Financing Review
- Article date:
- June 22, 1998
- Author:
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INTRODUCTION
States are increasingly relying on managed care to both improve access to quality care and control the growth in Medicaid expenditures. As of June 30, 1996, 13.3 million Medicaid beneficiaries--40 percent of all beneficiaries--were enrolled in managed care plans (Health Care Financing Administration, 1997).
One way in which managed care programs promote health and achieve cost savings is by emphasizing primary and preventive care from a single source. Managed care programs provide enrollees a personal doctor or medical home to increase the continuity of care and potentially reduce the amount of doctor shopping. Providers are given an ...