title: Does market competition belong in health care?
abstract: In the first part of a two-part article, the role of market competition in health care is examined in terms of its possible efficacy in reducing costs and restructuring the system.
mesh_terms: D003256:Community Participation / Q000191:economics; D003363:Cost Control; D006761:Hospitals; D007343:Insurance Carriers / Q000191:economics; D007348:Insurance, Health / Q000191:economics; D008389:Marketing of Health Services; D010820:Physicians; D014481:United States