The Changing Healthcare Marketplace: Private Ventures, Public Interests

Abstract

pt. 1. The rise of managed care -- Making sense of trends -- The recent past and near future -- Sharing the risk -- Capitation and other strategies -- pt. 2. Uneasy partnerships : vulnerabilities and opportunities in the new marketplace -- Goals and strategies in the age of managed care -- First steps -- The strategy of consolidation -- Next steps -- Toward vertical integration -- The organized delivery system -- pt. 3. Private markets and public interests -- After the Clinton plan -- Relying the marketplace -- The search for value -- Competition, regulation, and consumer protection -- When private markets fail -- Ongoing public responsibilities.