Caring for Illness - Western - Commercial Managed Care

Plan Appropriate
Treatment for URI
Appropriate
Testing for
Pharyngitis
Use of Apppropriate
Medications for People
With Asthma (Ages 5-17)
ADHD Initiation
Blue Choice 89 Significantly better than Statewide Average 87 Significantly better than Statewide Average 96  34
Community Blue 83 Significantly worse than Statewide Average 54 Significantly worse than Statewide Average 93  36
GHI HMO Select 84  77  94  32
Independent Health 84  74 Significantly worse than Statewide Average 99 Significantly better than Statewide Average 32
Preferred Care 89 Significantly better than Statewide Average 88 Significantly better than Statewide Average 96  34
Univera HealthCare 85  63 Significantly worse than Statewide Average 95  39
Upstate HMO 85  77  93  --
Statewide Average 85 80 95 36
Significantly better than Statewide Average Significantly better than the statewide average.
Significantly worse than Statewide Average Significantly worse than the statewide average.
-- Sample size too small to report.

Note Plans without symbols are consistent with the statewide average.