title: Case study: managed care helps hospital contain costs.
abstract: Managed care has played an important--if subtle--role in the recent financial turnaround of one Houston hospital. The positive results achieved at the 562-bed Hermann Hospital led officials there to believe that basic managed care concepts can be applied to a hospital setting, though not without an organizational overhaul and a careful consideration of internal politics.
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Johnsson
mesh_terms: D003363:Cost Control / Q000379:methods; D006739:Hospital Administration / Q000639:trends*; D006746:Hospital Bed Capacity, 500 and over; D008329:Managed Care Programs / Q000191:economics*; D008505:Medical Staff, Hospital; D009741:Nursing Staff, Hospital; D013781:Texas; D014600:Utilization Review / Q000458:organization & administration