A Physician's Guide to Healthcare Management
Series: Primary Care Essentials
Publisher: Blackwell Publishing Limited
Published: May 1, 2002
Language: eng
Format: Paperback
Number of pages: 224
ISBN-13: 9780632045815
Subjects: Health systems & services; Medical ethics; Practice; Medical; United States; Health Care Administration; Medical / Nursing; Physicians; Medicine; Administration; Health Care Delivery; Practice Management & Reimbursement; MEDICAL CARE_UNITED STATES; MEDICINE_PRACTICE; Medical / Health Care Delivery; Health Care Issues; Managed care plans (Medical ca; Managed care plans (Medical care); Medical care
First sentence: Managed care is the systematic coordination and control of the use of health care services, in order to contain health costs, improve quality, or both [1].