title: Health maintenance organizations: are they for the inner cities?
abstract: Health Maintenance Organizations present some major limitations as a means to address the health care needs in our nation's inner cities. The HMO as it has been affected by HMO legislation is discussed and an identification made of those areas that may adversely affect the delivery of health services to inner-city residents where costs may be greatest for those who can least afford it.
mesh_terms: D006279:Health Maintenance Organizations; D006801:Humans; D007348:Insurance, Health; D007883:Legislation, Medical; D008484:Medicaid; D006278:Medicare; D014481:United States; D014505:Urban Population