12 research outputs found
A Communitywide Intervention to Improve Outcomes and Reduce Disability among Injured Workers in Washington State
PMS77 Improving Quality and Reducing Costs in Workers' Compensation Health Care: A Population-Based Intervention Study
A Reexamination of Trends in Acute Care Psychiatric Hospitalization for Adolescents: Ethnicity, Payment, and Length of Stay
The Effect of Substance Abuse Treatment on Medicaid Expenditures among General Assistance Welfare Clients in Washington State
Medical Practice under Managed Care: Cost-control Mechanisms and Impact on Quality of Service
The paper investigates the US experience of Managed Care. It describes the cost controlling measures and the new modes of payment that were implemented along with managed Care. Using theory and field surveys, it reviews how these measures have affected physician practices. The paper also investigates their impact on the quality of health services. Copyright Springer Science + Business Media, Inc. 2005HMO, Managed Care, patient, US, physician payment,