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How to Control Soaring Costs of Health Care

✍ Scribed by Stephen R. Goldberg; Dori Danko

Publisher: John Wiley and Sons
Year: 2002
Tongue: English
Weight: 69 KB
Volume: 13
Category: Article
ISSN: 1044-8136
DOI: 10.1002/jcaf.10048

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✦ Synopsis

Abstract

Managed care is no longer a silver bullet to cure growing corporate health care costs. But innovative new
trends in health care benefits can help, say the authors. And they also offer some practical strategies for
managing health care costs. © 2002 Wiley Periodicals, Inc.

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