title: Developing and managing HMOs: a guide for hospitals--part 1.
abstract: The types of HMOs, the reasons a hospital should or should not associate with one, and how to plan for HMO association and development are present in this first half of a two-part article.
mesh_terms: D006279:Health Maintenance Organizations / Q000458:organization & administration*; D006739:Hospital Administration; D008962:Models, Theoretical; D009935:Organizational Affiliation; D010934:Planning Techniques; D014481:United States