The rise and fall of HMOs : an American health care revolution / Jan Gregoire Coombs.
The rise and fall of HMOs : an American health care revolution / Jan Gregoire Coombs.
The rise and fall of HMOs : an American health care revolution / Jan Gregoire Coombs.
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Madison, Wis. : University of Wisconsin Press, c2005.
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N362.10425/55
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xviii, 412 p. ; 24 cm.
Contents
Introduction : American health care insurance before 1970 -- 1. Dreams of a medical utopia -- 2. The HMO Act and its aftermath -- 3. Health care in rural America -- 4. Affiliated providers and necessary compromises -- 5. Emerging problems with Medicare and Medicaid -- 6. Entering a management revolu...
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Madison, Wis. : University of Wisconsin Press, c2005.
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Wisconsin
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c2005.
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"Drawing upon a wealth of research, Coombs compares HMOs throughout the nation with the one in Marshfield, which came as close as any HMO to realizing the ideal of early advocates. This book is a resource for specialists in the fields of health policy research and analysis, health care management, health law and politics, public health, and social...
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The rise and fall of HMOs : an American health care revolution / Jan Gregoire Coombs.
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Includes bibliographical references (p. 305-398) and index.
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N362.10425/55
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0299202402 (hardcover : alk. paper)
9780299202408 (hardcover : alk. paper)
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362.1042584
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991019897639702626
