A descriptive analysis of average productivity among health maintenance organizations, 1985 to 2001

Health Care Management Science

Volumn 9, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 189-206

  Wholey, Douglas R ^a   Engberg, John ^b   Bryce, Cindy ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

^b RAND CORPORATION   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Health maintenance organizations; Managed care; Productivity

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; ECONOMICS; HEALTH MAINTENANCE ORGANIZATION; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; STATISTICAL MODEL; UNITED STATES;

EFFICIENCY, ORGANIZATIONAL; HEALTH MAINTENANCE ORGANIZATIONS; MODELS, STATISTICAL; UNITED STATES;

EID: 33745989291     PISSN: 13869620     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10729-006-7666-7     Document Type: Article

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