The changing health care marketplace
Subtitle: private ventures, public interests
By: Walter A. Zelman.
Edition: 1st ed.
Publisher: Jossey-Bass Publishers
Published: 1996
Place of publication: San Francisco
Language: eng
Number of pages: 348
Subjects: Managed care plans (Medical care) -- United States; Integrated delivery of health care -- United States; Medical policy -- United States
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. 319-330) and index.
Table of contents: title: pt. 1. The rise of managed care; title: Making sense of trends; title: The recent past and near future; title: Sharing the risk; title: Capitation and other strategies; title: pt. 2. Uneasy partnerships : vulnerabilities and opportunities in the new marketplace; title: Goals and strategies in the age of managed care; title: First steps; title: The strategy of consolidation; title: Next steps; title: Toward vertical integration; title: The organized delivery system; title: pt. 3. Private markets and public interests; title: After the Clinton plan; title: Relying the marketplace; title: The search for value; title: Competition, regulation, and consumer protection; title: When private markets fail; title: Ongoing public responsibilities.