Trust Me: Technical and Institutional Determinants of Health Maintenance Organizations Shifting Risk to Physicians

Journal of Health and Social Behavior

Volumn 39, Issue 3, 1998, Pages 189-200

  Sleeper, Sally ^a   Wholey, Douglas R ^b   Hamer, Richard ^e   Schwartz, Shawn ^c   Inoferio, Vito ^d  

^a CARNEGIE MELLON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c UNIV OF MINNESOTA HOSP AND CLINIC   (United States)

^d Stratis Health   (United States)

^e NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CAPITATION FEE; CONSUMER; DOCTOR PATIENT RELATION; ECONOMICS; EPIDEMIOLOGY; HEALTH MAINTENANCE ORGANIZATION; HUMAN; INTERPERSONAL COMMUNICATION; POLICY; RISK MANAGEMENT;

CAPITATION FEE; CONSUMER SATISFACTION; HEALTH CARE SURVEYS; HEALTH MAINTENANCE ORGANIZATIONS; HUMANS; ORGANIZATIONAL POLICY; PHYSICIAN-PATIENT RELATIONS; RISK SHARING, FINANCIAL; TRUTH DISCLOSURE;

EID: 0032161478     PISSN: 00221465     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2307/2676312     Document Type: Article

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