✦ LIBER ✦
Where does the US experience of managed care currently stand?
✍ Scribed by D. Simonet
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons
- Year
- 2005
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 846 KB
- Volume
- 20
- Category
- Article
- ISSN
- 0749-6753
- DOI
- 10.1002/hpm.803
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✦ Synopsis
After an historical review of the advent of managed care in the USA, this article presents costcontrol mechanisms, changes in the medical practice and consequences on patient health. The article also explains the development of the HMO using the transaction costs theory and the subsequent orientations of the US health care system.