title: Managed care: where will your hospital fit in?
abstract: Despite unfulfilled predictions in the past, managed care has in recent years become a major form of health care delivery and financing, and could become the dominant form within a relatively short time. How will hospitals fit into a rapidly changing, managed care-driven delivery scenario? Beginning on page 18, Hospitals Contributing Editor Emily Friedman analyzes the current--and future--implications for the hospital field.
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mesh_terms: D003625:Data Collection; D005544:Forecasting; D006264:Health Benefit Plans, Employee / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D006291:Health Policy / Q000639:trends*; D006754:Hospital Restructuring / Q000191:economics / Q000639:trends*; D008329:Managed Care Programs / Q000458:organization & administration* / Q000706:statistics & numerical data* / Q000639:trends; D017146:Models, Organizational; D009935:Organizational Affiliation; D012306:Risk; D012424:Rural Population; D014481:United States