Can managed care control costs?
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Can managed care plans control health care costs?
The health insurance sector has been transformed in the past fifteen years, with managed care replacing indemnity insurance as the norm. This transformation was intended to change the nature of competition in the health care system so that market forces could be used to control costs. Empirical studies have shown that this objective has been met, as areas with high managed care penetration have...
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ورودعنوان ژورنال:
- Health affairs
دوره 10 4 شماره
صفحات -
تاریخ انتشار 1991