Health plan competition in local markets

Health Services Research

Volumn 35, Issue 1 I, 2000, Pages 17-35

  Grossman, Joy M ^a  

^a NONE

Author keywords

Health plan competition; Health plan provider contracting; Managed care

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; COMPETITION; FINANCIAL MANAGEMENT; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HEALTH CARE PLANNING; HEALTH MAINTENANCE ORGANIZATION; HUMAN; MANAGED CARE; UNITED STATES;

COMMUNITY HEALTH SERVICES; ECONOMIC COMPETITION; HEALTH MAINTENANCE ORGANIZATIONS; HEALTH SERVICES RESEARCH; INTERINSTITUTIONAL RELATIONS; MANAGED COMPETITION; MARKETING OF HEALTH SERVICES; PROVIDER-SPONSORED ORGANIZATIONS; RANDOM ALLOCATION; UNITED STATES;

EID: 0034000704     PISSN: 00179124     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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