Managing Patient Trust in Managed Care

Managing the occupational environment of managed care.

The emergence of managed care has resulted in a practice environment buffeted by rapid and sweeping changes. Shifts in philosophy and approach to payment for health care affect the nature of the service and the method of its delivery. The occupational adaptation frame of reference is used to illustrate the challenges imposed by the physical, social, and cultural components of the changing occup...

Backlash as prelude to managing managed care.

Translation and Psychometric Assessment of the Persian Version of Patient Trust in Midwifery Care Scale

Background: Patients’ trust in their physicians can affect therapeutic outcomes. Measurement of patient’s trust levels is a helpful approach for policymakers in healthcare systems. Aim: The present study was targeted toward the translation and psychometric assessment of patients’ trust in midwifery care questionnaire. Method: This cross-sectional study was conducted on 210 female patients refer...

Managed care and the physician/patient relationship.

“managing” Medicaid Managed-care: a Ten-state Comparison