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

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

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