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Table 4 Percent with Follow-up After Hospitalization

From: Measuring access to effective care among elderly medicare enrollees in managed and fee-for-service care: a retrospective cohort study

 

Fee-for-Service Sample

Managed Care Sample

 
  

Staff Model

Group Model

 

N = 5,942

N = 162

N = 68

MYOCARDIAL INFARCTION *

All eligibles (age adjusted)†

73.3

90.7

93.2

Age 65–74

77.6

94.3

94.9

Age 75–84

73.4

92.3

89.4

Age 85 and older

60.2

75.0

100

 

Fee for Service

Staff Model

Group Model

 

N = 1,858

N = 29

N = 17

DEPRESSION ‡

All eligibles (age-adjusted)§

65.8

64.5

80.3

Age 65–74

68.0

79.1

87.5

Age 75–84

64.8

53.4

75.0

Age 85 and older

63.0

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  1. *Follow up within 60 days of hospital discharge † p < 0.001 for Fee-for-Service/Staff Model and Fee-for-Service/Group Model comparisons ‡ Follow up within 14 days of hospital discharge §p for each comparison > 0.3 **No hospitalizations occurred for this age group