title: Economics of managed competition and consequences to nurses: Part I.
abstract: Managed competition is an economic strategy to reform the health care system by stimulating price competition and quality improvement. If adopted, it will fundamentally alter the clinical practice and economic environments of nurses.
authors.forename: P I
authors.initials: PI
authors.lastname: Buerhaus
mesh_terms: D018166:Health Care Reform / Q000458:organization & administration*; D006801:Humans; D008119:Lobbying; D008329:Managed Care Programs / Q000458:organization & administration*; D009726:Nurses; D014481:United States