The Changing Health Care Marketplace

Download or read book The Changing Health Care Marketplace written by Walter A. Zelman and published by Jossey-Bass. This book was released on 1996-05-31 with total page 372 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Explores the Rise of Managed Care An incisive and informative analysis of our rapidly changing health care system--the best of current books on the subject. --Arnold S. Relman, former editor-in-chief, New England Journal of Medicine Walter A. Zelman, a leading expert on health care research and policy, examines the key trAnds that are changing today's health care marketplace. He looks at the growth of managed care; the new and sometimes uneasy partnerships among physicians, hospitals, and health plans; and the trAnd toward integration between sectors. This important resource draws on the latest data and research, including more than fifty interviews with expert analysts and practitioners.