Managing Acute Illnesses - Western - Commercial Managed Care

Plan Colorectal
Cancer
Screening**		 Use of Imaging
Studies for Low
Back Pain		 Avoidance of
Antibiotic Therapy
in Adults with
Acute Bronchitis		 Advising
Smokers to
Quit
Blue Choice 67 Significantly better than Statewide Average 85 Significantly better than Statewide Average 21 Significantly worse than Statewide Average 78
Community Blue 61 83 Significantly better than Statewide Average 21 Significantly worse than Statewide Average 85 Significantly better than Statewide Average
GHI HMO Select 55 74 Significantly worse than Statewide Average 21 Significantly worse than Statewide Average 71
Independent Health 64 Significantly better than Statewide Average 81 Significantly better than Statewide Average 23 Significantly worse than Statewide Average 78
Preferred Care 56 85 Significantly better than Statewide Average 24 Significantly worse than Statewide Average 76
Univera HealthCare 62 76 25 77
Upstate HMO 68 Significantly better than Statewide Average 77 31 71
Statewide Average 59 79 27 77
Significantly better than Statewide Average Significantly better than the statewide average.
Significantly worse than Statewide Average Significantly worse than the statewide average.
** Rotated measure. Data is from 2005.

Note Plans without symbols are consistent with the statewide average.