Methods of hospital use control in health maintenance organizations.
The results of the study upon which this article is based show that most HMO plans do not rely solely on incentives as control methods; they impose several other controls including direct constraints on physician decisions to use hospital resources. HMO managers seem to have developed a technology of hospital use control that is applicable regardless of the model, age, or size.
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