| Health care delivery update: Part 1. Trends: less and more integration, bundled services, rethinking IPAs. | |
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PMID: 10312478 Owner: NLM Status: MEDLINE |
Abstract/OtherAbstract:
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Vertical integration of national medical firms that contract with physicians has slowed dramatically. At the same time, several top-level group practices, taking advantage of reputations for excellence, are integrating vertically on a national or regional scale. A shift from buying well to actually managing medical care will separate the "prospective supermeds" that learned to collaborate with physicians from those that are attempting to manipulate them. In view of the budget deficit and the needs for long-term care, Congress is likely to espouse more drastic Part B cost-cutting measures such as a physician PPO or an indexed relative-value scale. An emerging feature in health care is the growing variety of prospective payment arrangements in which the price for various combination services is set in advance. To be truly competitive, medical care organizations will have to be more selective, choosing physicians because they are cooperative and economical and because they are capable practitioners. |
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Authors:
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P M Ellwood |
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Type: Journal Article |
Journal Detail:
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Title: Consultant Volume: 28 ISSN: 0010-7069 ISO Abbreviation: Consultant Publication Date: 1988 Jan |
Date Detail:
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Created Date: 1988-06-20 Completed Date: 1988-06-20 Revised Date: 2001-03-23 |
Medline Journal Info:
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Nlm Unique ID: 7501110 Medline TA: Consultant Country: UNITED STATES |
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Languages: eng Pagination: 86-8, 91-2, 95 Citation Subset: H |
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Canada Delivery of Health Care / trends* Health Maintenance Organizations Hospital Restructuring Independent Practice Associations Inflation, Economic United States |
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