Table 1. Organizational characteristics of Medicare competition demonstrations and all health maintenance organizations (HMOs): United States, 1984 and 1986.
| Item | 1984 | 1986 | ||
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| Demonstrations | All HMOs1 | Demonstrations | All HMOs1 | |
| Number | 26 | 306 | 224 | 595 |
| Percent federally qualified | ||||
| Yes | 80.8 | 64.4 | 91.7 | 50.8 |
| No | 19.2 | 36.6 | 8.3 | 49.2 |
| Percent for profit | ||||
| Yes | 23.1 | NA | 33.3 | 358.5 |
| No | 76.9 | NA | 66.7 | 39.8 |
| Percent affiliated | ||||
| Yes | 43.3 | NA | 62.5 | NA |
| No | 57.7 | NA | 37.5 | NA |
| Model | ||||
| Staff | 34.6 | 17.3 | 29.2 | 11.9 |
| Group | 15.4 | 22.9 | 16.7 | 14.5 |
| Individual practice association | 38.5 | 41.2 | 29.2 | 58.0 |
| Network or mixed | 11.5 | 18.6 | 25.0 | 15.6 |
1
Information for all HMOs was taken from the June 1984 and June 1986 editions of the InterStudy reports.
2
ChoiceCare and Delmarva terminated their risk-sharing contracts as of December 31, 1985.
3
Only HMOs reporting a profit status are included.
NOTE: NA denotes not applicable.
SOURCE: (Rossiter, 1988).