title: [Learning from America?--Managed Health Care, experiences in health cost containment exemplified by Medicaid in Massachusetts, USA].
abstract: Managed Health Care is characterized by a number of different control mechanisms aiming at cost containment in health care delivery. The means and consequences of its application are discussed using the approach of the state of Massachusetts to improve care delivery for Medicaid eligibility as an example and unsolved problems are specified.
authors.affiliation: Institut für Medizinische Soziologie, Westfälische Wilhelms-Universität Münster.
authors.forename: R P
authors.initials: RP
authors.lastname: Nippert
mesh_terms: D000368:Aged; D003153:Community Health Services / Q000191:economics; D003363:Cost Control; D006801:Humans; D008329:Managed Care Programs / Q000191:economics*; D008404:Massachusetts; D008484:Medicaid / Q000191:economics*; D010347:Patient Care Planning; D017060:Patient Satisfaction; D014481:United States
vernacular_title: Von Amerika lernen?--Managed Health Care, Erfahrungen bei der Eindämmung der Gesundheitskosten am Beispiel von Medicaid in Massachusetts, USA.