An Analysis of Disenrollment From Medicare Managed Care Plans by Medicare Beneficiaries With Diabetes

The purpose of this work is to determine whether high-cost high-risk Medicare patients with diabetes in managed care plans disenroll more quickly than lower-cost lower-risk Medicare patients with diabetes. If high-cost high-risk patients with diabetes do disenroll more quickly, Medicare managed care plans benefit financially from favorable disenrollment.Time in a health maintenance organization (HMO) was modeled using a duration model with the...