Specialty Care in the Era of Managed Care: Cleveland Clinic Versus University Hospitals of Cleveland

by John A. Kastor and John A. Kastor MD

Book Overview

Limiting the use of specialists is one of the highest priorities of managed care, which requires patients and their primary care physicians to focus on a health maintenance approach. Preventive medicine programs, encouraged by insurers and HMOs, theoretically reduce the need for expensive specialty care and thus lower overall costs. But where does this leave specialists and their institutions?

Dr. John A. Kastor has studied two leading centers...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0801881749
• ISBN13: 9780801881749
• Release Date: October 2005
• Publisher: Johns Hopkins University Press
• Length: 288 Pages
• Weight: 1.20 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.0" x 6.3" x 9.3"