Why market-driven forces in our health industry might eventually stumble: what could happen then? [0.03%]
市场力量会否解决我国医疗体制中的问题？如果不能，将会怎样？
T P Weil,N E Jorgensen
T P Weil
The Republican takeover of Capitol Hill suggests that the payer-driven forces of managed care and the regional networks will serve as the centerpieces to improve the organization, financing, and delivery of our nation's health services. The...
E E Stewart
E E Stewart
This article is a checklist for use by health care providers in reviewing proposed managed care contracting agreements. This checklist is not an exhaustive list, but is intended to be used as a framework for review.
T P Weil
T P Weil
A fundamental choice many states now face when implementing their cost containment efforts for the health field is to weigh the extent to which they should rely on either competitive or regulatory strategies. To study the efficacy of Americ...
R C Nauert
R C Nauert
Purchasers and consumers of health care will increasingly refine their definitions of "quality" and the "cost" associated with treatment. The beneficial relationship of these concepts is "value." In the new era of managed care, those provid...
M Frenkel
M Frenkel
There are advantages for physicians to affiliate in networks with other practitioners in order to contract with third party payers and to achieve economies of scale. However, doctors must assure themselves of the viability of the organizati...
D R Longo,M W Sohn,S M Shortell
D R Longo
This article examines the etiology of hospital closure and the correlates of hospital closure and the extent of similarity in this organizational outcome between pre- and post-Prospective Payment System (PPS) implementation. It also replica...
E Fonner Jr
E Fonner Jr
This article summarizes a national health care association's exploration into the varying nature of developing organized systems of care among its member hospitals and long-term care facilities. Presented here are some key learnings based o...
D Dunn
D Dunn
To provide a framework to understand managed care's effect on inpatient utilization, "Health Care 1999: A National Bellwether," was created by the Sachs Group, a health care information firm based in Evanston, Illinois. The study outlines e...
M A Paterson,J Wendel
M A Paterson
This article examines the information requirements and other strategies needed to manage business and financial risk in health care organizations. The business and financial risk of providers in the changing health care market is defined. T...
Cost containment strategies by private hospitals: their effectiveness, importance, and use [0.03%]
私立医院的成本控制策略：其有效性、重要性及应用状况
R W Rutledge,S Parsons,B Bernard
R W Rutledge
This article presents a study that identifies cost issues and strategies in a highly competitive hospital service area. Specifically, the study seeks to determine the most important cost issues that are currently facing hospitals and to exa...