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Author:   John D. Wilkerson ,  Kelly J. Devers ,  Ruth S. Given
Publisher:   John Wiley & Sons Inc
Imprint:   Jossey-Bass Inc.,U.S.
Dimensions:   Width: 16.10cm , Height: 3.20cm , Length: 24.50cm
Weight:   0.696kg
ISBN:  

9780787903091

ISBN 10:   0787903094
Pages:   422
Publication Date:   09 September 1996
Audience:   College/higher education ,  Professional and scholarly ,  Undergraduate ,  Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly
Format:   Hardback
Publisher's Status:   Active
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Table of Contents

UNDERSTANDING COMPETITIVE MANAGED CARE. The Emerging Competitive Managed Care Marketplace (J. Wilkerson, et al.). Perspectives and Evidence on Efficiency in Managed Care Organizations (H. Luft). PRIVATE SECTOR INITIATIVES AND RESPONSES. The Role of Purchasing Groups (L.Bergthold & L. Solomon). Exercising Purchasing Power for Prevention (H. Schauffler & T. Rodriguez). The Challenge of Measuring and Monitoring Quality (A. Bindman). The Future of the Health Professions Under Managed Care (E. O'Neil & L. Finnocchio). Inside the System: The Patient-Physician Relationship in the Era of Managed Care (H. Waitzkin & J. Fishman). PUBLIC SECTOR INITIATIVES AND RESPONSES. Ensuring Competition in the Market for HMO Services (R. Given). State-Sponsored Health Insurance Purchasing Cooperatives: California's HIPC (T. Buchmueller). Managing the Managed Care Revolution: States and the New Medicaid (M. Sparer). The Challenges of Implementing Market-Based Reform for Public Clients (K. Devers). Messing with Medicare: Markets and Politics in the 104th Congress (J. Wilkerson). Lessons for the United States: Britain's Experience with Managed Competition (D. Light). Conclusion: The Potential and Limits of Competitive Managed Care.

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Wilkerson, Devers, and Given have developed a timely, well-integrated collection of articles on competitive managed care. This is a very thoughtful treatment of today's health care issues and merits our reading and reflective consideration. --Richard M. Burton, D.B.A., Professor Fuqua School of Business, Duke University, Inquiry <br> The first comprehensive assessment of the new managed care and its potential for addressing the health delivery problems facing the nation. Important reading for policymakers, policy analysts, researchers, and students alike. --Stephen M. Shortell, A. C. Buehler, Distinguished Professor of Health Services Management and professor of organization behavior, J. L. Kellogg Graduate School of Management, Northwestern University <br> ?Wilkerson, Devers, and Given have produced a must-read' text for physician leaders, health managers, and health policymakers and students interested in comparing economic theory and principles with what is actually happ

Wilkerson, Devers, and Given have developed a timely, well-integrated collection of articles on competitive managed care. This is a very thoughtful treatment of today's health care issues and merits our reading and reflective consideration. --Richard M. Burton, D.B.A., Professor Fuqua School of Business, Duke University, Inquiry <br> The first comprehensive assessment of the new managed care and its potential for addressing the health delivery problems facing the nation. Important reading for policymakers, policy analysts, researchers, and students alike. --Stephen M. Shortell, A. C. Buehler, Distinguished Professor of Health Services Management and professor of organization behavior, J. L. Kellogg Graduate School of Management, Northwestern University <br>?Wilkerson, Devers, and Given have produced a must-read' text for physician leaders, health managers, and health policymakers and students interested in comparing economic theory and principles with what is actually happenin

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JOHN D. WILKERSON Kelly J. Devers, and Ruth S. Given collaborated on this book while they were Robert Wood Johnson Scholars in the Health Policy Research Program at the University of California, Berkeley. John D. Wilkerson is assistant professor of political science at the University of Washington, Seattle. Kelly J. Devers is an expert appointee at the Agency for Health Care Policy and Research, Center for Organization and Delivery. Ruth S. Given is director of the Department of Health Care Policy at the California Medical Association.

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