Managed care now dominates health care in the United States.By 1999, only 8 percent of persons with employer-sponsored healthinsurance coverage had traditional indemnity insurance.1 Thisreflects a sea change in the past two decades not justin the financing of health insurance but also in the way medicineis practiced.
The rapid growth of managed care is not primarily due to enthusiasmfor this approach on the part of patients or providers. Patientshave had mixed reactions to managed care; they like the lowcopayments and reduced paperwork but view some managed-carepractices as emphasizing cost control . . . [Full Text of this Article]
Evolution of Managed Care
Effects of Managed Care
Effect on Providers
Effect on Patients
Responses to Managed Care
Physicians and Medical Groups
Employers
Government
The Future
Conclusions
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