J J Unland
J J Unland
The vast majority of physicians remain in small, inefficient practices. True group practice formation has been slow to develop, leaving physicians vulnerable to problems as the rest of the health care industry moves toward modernization and...
T P Weil
T P Weil
A comparison of the 10 states that as of 30 June 1994 witnessed the highest and lowest percent of health maintenance organization market penetration, and the findings reported in the Dartmouth Atlas of Health Care in the United States, both...
S P Forret,S B McGuire
S P Forret
Hospitals acquiring local businesses: the art and challenge of buying beyond the four walls [0.03%]
医院收购当地企业:跨越四墙的艺术与挑战
K P ODonnell
K P ODonnell
As managed care pushes hospitals to redesign themselves into "integrated health care delivery systems," hospital executives are faced with "make or buy" decisions for a variety of alternate site care businesses. This article dissects the nu...
Physician-hospital transactions: developing a process for handling valuation-related issues [0.03%]
医师医院交易:建立处理估值相关问题的程序
S Becker,J Callahan
S Becker
Hospitals are increasingly attempting to integrate their operations with physician constituents through the development of hospital-physician joint ventures and acquisition of physician practices. This article provides an overview of valuat...
Self-regulation: the true key to success of physician-directed networks [0.03%]
自我监管:医师主导型医疗网络成功的关键因素
F Welsh
F Welsh
The purpose of regulation is to promote uniformly high quality health care at a reasonable cost. The purpose of self-regulation is to make regulation more acceptable to the network physicians and create an atmosphere of continual improvemen...
J J Unland
J J Unland
The traditional delineations between providers of health care and insurers are becoming blurred. The author describes the trend toward creation of provider/insurers, the current miasma of regulatory and legislative activities surrounding th...
S E Gales
S E Gales
As hospitals and physicians pursue integrated health delivery models, they may be overlooking the most effective locations and partnerships for maintaining and improving health outcomes: those in the community. Since the early 1990s, a St. ...
Exploring cost and quality: community-based versus traditional hospital delivery systems [0.03%]
社区为基础的分娩体系与传统医院分娩体系的成本及质量考察
P H Walker,P W Stone
P H Walker
This article presents two approaches for comparison studies of cost and quality outcomes between community-based and traditional hospital systems of care. Two methodologies are used specifically to compare midwifery practice in a free-stand...
J Kajander,M Samuels
J Kajander
Most articles on the future of health care are by professionals involved in the delivery of health care services. This article is unique in that trends are examined from the perspective of the public and purchasers of care. The authors focu...