title: Economics.
abstract: Seventy-five percent of physicians had at least one managed care contract in 1993. Recent studies have evaluated the savings claimed by managed care, and a majority have found that savings were due, at least in part, to enrollment of a healthier population. In general, differences in outcomes in managed care and fee-for-service care are small or nonexistent.
authors.affiliation: Georgetown University School of Medicine, Washington, DC, USA.
authors.forename: J M
authors.initials: JM
authors.lastname: Eisenberg
mesh_terms: D017046:Cost Savings; D018166:Health Care Reform / Q000191:economics; D006302:Health Services Research; D008329:Managed Care Programs / Q000191:economics / Q000592:standards / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D017063:Outcome Assessment, Health Care; D014481:United States