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- Managed care: The next generation. Sachs, Michael A. // Frontiers of Health Services Management;Fall97, Vol. 14 Issue 1, p3
Proposes next-generation models of managed care in the United States. Definition of managed care; Brief history of managed care; Purposes of developing the models; Factors that influence consumers' choice of health plans; Economic issues in managed care.
- In managed care, putting patients first is more important than choosing one model over another. Ignagni, Karen // Frontiers of Health Services Management;Fall97, Vol. 14 Issue 1, p30
Opinion. Focuses on the role of health care plans in the United States. Importance of consumer-oriented managed care; Proposed model of employer-financed healthcare; Two distinct goals of health plans; Complexity of healthcare delivery structure.
- Two points of anecdotal evidence do not make a trend. Patterson, Dennis J. // Frontiers of Health Services Management;Fall97, Vol. 14 Issue 1, p35
Opinion. Comments on the Michael Sach's article about managed care in the United States. Views on healthcare delivery systems; Concepts of managed care financing; Importance of information dissemination on the principles and practices of managed care; Responsibilities of insurance industries.
- Consumer-oriented managed care: Oxymoron or new direction? Brown, Gordon D. // Frontiers of Health Services Management;Fall97, Vol. 14 Issue 1, p38
Opinion. Examines the strengths and weaknesses of alternative models on the market issues of cost and consumer choice of managed care in the United States. Different concepts of managed care; Focus of consumer-oriented managed care; Stages of market development in managed care.
- Reply. M.A.S. // Frontiers of Health Services Management;Fall97, Vol. 14 Issue 1, p44
Responds to comments on an article about managed care in the United States. Economic role of managed care to consumers; Karen Ignagni's views of the purposes of the existing health plans; Importance of consumer choice approach.
- Second Opinion: What's Wrong With Canada's Health Care System And How To Fix It. Crnec, Madeleine F. // Journal of the Canadian Chiropractic Association;Mar1990, Vol. 34 Issue 1, p41
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- Health Care Costs Rise. // Oriental Medicine Journal;Spring96, Vol. 5 Issue 1, p11
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- Health care fact. // AHA News;1/16/95, Vol. 31 Issue 3, p2
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- Top purchasers unite to ensure high-quality managed care. Aston, Geri // AHA News;7/10/95, Vol. 31 Issue 28, p3
Reports that the United States' leading health care purchasers have decided to use their influence to ensure that managed care plans provide high-quality care. July 1995 meeting between public and private purchasers; Agreement to develop Foundation for Accountability organization; Encouragement...
