Wechsler said he may repeat the study in two years and add detailed questions about other behaviors that might be linked to heavy drinking.
--Jonelle M. Lonergan
Medical School researchers may have just fanned the flames in the raging debate over managed health care.
A study published last week found that managed care patients receive higher quality care, on average, if they are covered by not-for-profit health maintenance organizations (HMOs) than if they are covered by for-profit HMOs.
The study has far-reaching implications since so many Americans use for-profit HMOs, according to the study's authors.
"A large proportion of Americans are getting their care in HMOs," said Associate Professor of Medicine Dr. Steffie J. Woolhandler, who co-authored the study with Associate Professor David U. Himmlestein.
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