Table 5.
Chronic Disease Care
| Fee-for-Service Sample | Managed Care Sample | ||
| Staff Model | Group Model | ||
| N = 34,260 | N = 1,092 | N = 495 | |
| RETINAL EXAM RATE FOR DIABETIC PATIENTS | |||
| All eligibles (age-adjusted)* | 54.8 | 67.5 | 63.9 |
| Age 65–74 | 53.1 | 64.8 | 61.6 |
| Age 75–84 | 57.3 | 68.9 | 67.1 |
| Age 85 and older | 52.2 | 76.0 | 62.1 |
| *p < 0.001 for Fee-for-Service/Staff Model and Fee-for-Service/Group Model Comparisons | |||
| VISIT RATE FOR DIABETICS | |||
| All eligibles (age-adjusted)* | 61.2 | 94.6 | 90.7 |
| Age 65–74 | 59.4 | 95.4 | 91.5 |
| Age 75–84 | 61.9 | 92.5 | 90.7 |
| Age 85 and older | 67.0 | 100.0 | 88.0 |
*p < 0.001 for all two-way comparisons, except Staff/Group p = 0.004