What is managed care? A conceptual primer

National Medical Journal of India

Volumn 16, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 152-156

  Thind, Amardeep ^a   Torrens, Paul ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; COST CONTROL; HEALTH CARE COST; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HEALTH CARE SYSTEM; HEALTH INSURANCE; HUMAN; INDIA; MANAGED CARE; UNITED STATES;

HEALTH CARE COSTS; HEALTH CARE REFORM; HUMANS; INDIA; MANAGED CARE PROGRAMS; MODELS, ORGANIZATIONAL; UNITED STATES;

EID: 0042133149     PISSN: 0970258X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

References (16)

1. Confederation of Indian Industry. Indian healthcare sector to grow at 13 percentp.a. 2001. www.ciionline.org/news/pressrel/2001/May/15May01.htm. Accessed 28 Dec 2002.
2. Thind A. Managed care and developing countries: What are the equity implications? Natl Med J India 2002;15:121-3.
3. Reschovsky JD, Kemper P. Do HMOs make a difference? Introduction. Inquiry 1999;36:374-7.
4. Sekhri NK. Managed care: The US experience. Bull World Health Organ 2000;78: 830-44.
5. Lyles A, Palumbo FB. The effect of managed care on prescription drug costs and benefits. Pharmacoeconomics, 1999;15:129-40.
6. Luft HS. Health maintenance organizations: Dimensions of performance. New York:Wiley, 1981.
7. Miller RH, Luft HS. Managed care plan performance since 1980. A literature analysis. JAMA 1994;271:1512-19.
8. Greenfield S, Nelson EC, Zubkoff M, Manning W, Rogers W, Kravitz RL, et al. Variations in resource utilization among medical specialties and systems of care. Results from the medical outcomes study. JAMA 1992;267:1624-30.
9. United States Congress. Senate Committee on Health Education Labor and Pensions. Prescription drug costs: What drives increases? Hearing of the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions, United States Senate, 106th Congress, 2nd session. 18 July 2000. Washington:U.S.G.P.O., 2000.
10. Miller RH, Luft HS. Does managed care lead to better or worse quality of care? Health Aff (Millwood) 1997;16:7-25.
11. Steiner A, Robinson R. Managed care: US research evidence and its lessons for the NHS. J Health Serv Res Policy 1998;3:173-84.
12. Seidman JJ, Bass EP, Rubin HR. Review of studies that compare the quality of cardiovascular care in HMO versus non-HMO settings. Med Care 1998;36:1607-25.
13. Hellinger FJ. The effect of managed care on quality: A review of recent evidence, Arch Intern Med 1998;158:833-41.
14. Peabody JW, Luck J. When do developing countries adopt managed care policies and technologies? Part I: Policies, experience, and a framework of preconditions. Am J Manag Care 2002;8:997-1007.
15. Luck J, Peabody JW. When do developing countries adopt managed care policies and technologies? Part II: Infrastructure, techniques, and reform strategies. Am J Manag Care 2002;8:1093-1103.
16. Williams SJ, Torrens PR. Introduction to health services. Albany:Delmar, 2002.