title: CA price competition hot despite fewer contracts.
abstract: Negotiating hundreds of managed care contracts to protect market share may soon be a thing of the past for large California hospitals, according to an ongoing study by the Rand Corp., Los Angeles. But this doesn't mean that price competition is slowing down in the state, experts say.
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Johnsson
mesh_terms: D002140:California; D003625:Data Collection; D004465:Economic Competition / Q000639:trends; D005376:Financial Management / Q000639:trends*; D005377:Financial Management, Hospital / Q000639:trends*; D008329:Managed Care Programs / Q000458:organization & administration*