| Author: | Cutler, D.M. McClellan, M. Newhouse, J.P. |
| Title: | How does managed care do it? |
| Journal: | RAND Journal of Economics
2000 : AUTUMN, VOL. 31:3, p. 526-548 |
| Index terms: | ECONOMIC INTEGRATION HEALTH SERVICE INSURANCE |
| Language: | eng |
| Abstract: | Integrating the health services and insurance industries, as health maintenance organizations (HMOs) do, could lower expenditure by reducing either the quantity of services or unit price or both. The authors compare the treatment of heart disease in HMOs and traditional insurance plans using two databases from Massachusetts. |
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