Does competition by health maintenance organizations affect the adoption of cost-containment measures by fee-for-service plans?

American Journal of Managed Care

Volumn 4, Issue 6 SUPPL., 1998, Pages 832-838

  Joesch, Jutta M ^a,b   Wickizer, Thomas M ^a   Feldstein, Paul J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; COMPETITION; COST CONTROL; HEALTH CARE INDUSTRY; HEALTH CARE UTILIZATION; HEALTH INSURANCE; HEALTH MAINTENANCE ORGANIZATION; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MANAGED CARE; PREFERRED PROVIDER ORGANIZATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

COST CONTROL; COST SHARING; DIFFUSION OF INNOVATION; ECONOMIC COMPETITION; FEE-FOR-SERVICE PLANS; HEALTH BENEFIT PLANS, EMPLOYEE; HEALTH CARE SECTOR; HEALTH MAINTENANCE ORGANIZATIONS; HEALTH SERVICES RESEARCH; INSURANCE COVERAGE; INSURANCE SELECTION BIAS; MINNESOTA; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; PREFERRED PROVIDER ORGANIZATIONS; UTILIZATION REVIEW;

EID: 0031927442     PISSN: 10880224     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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