Profit-seeking, corporate control, and the trustworthiness of health care organizations: Assessments of health plan performance by their affiliated physicians

Health Services Research

Volumn 40, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 605-646

  Schlesinger, Mark ^a   Quon, Nicole ^b   Wynia, Matthew ^c   Cummins, Deborah ^d   Gray, Bradford ^e  

^a YALE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b YALE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c SD Veterans Affairs Healthcare Syst   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS   (United States)

^e URBAN INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

For profit ownership; Managed care; Multistate corporations; Trust; Utilization review

Indexed keywords

HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HEALTH CARE ORGANIZATION; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HEALTH INSURANCE; MANAGED CARE; MARKET; MEDICAL PRACTICE; MEDICAL SOCIETY; NON PROFIT ORGANIZATION; PERFORMANCE; PHYSICIAN; PROFIT; RECUMBENCY; REVIEW; SOCIOECONOMICS; TRUST;

EID: 20344388551     PISSN: 00179124     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1475-6773.2005.00377.x     Document Type: Review

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