The evaluation of fee for service and managed care from the viewpoint of people with disabilities in the USA.

In the literature on managed health care there is little presented from the viewpoint of people with disabilities, but this study looks at what is found. Using a sample of 258 persons with disabilities in Massachusetts obtained through a mail survey, no statistically significant differences between the two groups (fee for service or managed care) on a series of relevant variables was found. An evaluation of their health insurance and their primary care physician was asked for and several regression models of the relevant variables related to these two evaluations were tested.