Managed Care: Practice and Progress

by Robert Royce, Merrill Whalen, Michael Drury

The concept of managed care evolved in the USA as a way of containing costs and promoting quality in health care. Some vital lessons can be learned from this experience, and many of its benefits can be applied to the UK as the NHS internal market develops. However, there are also pitfalls which it is equally important to avoid. This is the first book to provide an in-depth analysis of the contracting techniques seen in managed care. The author is...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1857752805
• ISBN13: 9781857752809
• Release Date: January 1997
• Publisher: CRC Press
• Length: 246 Pages
• Weight: 0.78 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.5" x 6.1" x 9.2"