Managed Health Care and Emergency Medical Services

Emergency! Says who?: analysis of the legal issues concerning managed care and emergency medical services.

Managed Health Care Effects: Medical Care Costs

MANAGED HEALTH CARE EFFECTS: MEDICAL CARE COSTS AND ACCESS TO HEALTH INSURANCE

Tuberculosis diagnosis: primary health care or emergency medical services?

OBJECTIVE To assess primary health care and emergency medical services performance for tuberculosis diagnosis. METHODS Cross-sectional study were conducted with 90 health professionals from primary health care and 68 from emergency medical services, in Ribeirao Preto, SP, Southeastern Brazil, in 2009. A structured questionnaire based on an instrument of tuberculosis care assessment was used. ...

Forensic Mental Health Services Managed Care Network

Managed care and the quality of children's health services.

Managed care has changed the practice of medicine. The choice of health care providers has been narrowed, physicians are being held financially accountable for the number of services they use, and a new emphasis is being placed on the cost and quality of the care provided. The transition to managed care has occurred with little attention to its impact on access to health care services or the qu...