title: The quest for value in health care.
abstract: Purchasers and consumers of health care will increasingly refine their definitions of "quality" and the "cost" associated with treatment. The beneficial relationship of these concepts is "value." In the new era of managed care, those providers who offer the best value will succeed. Low-value producers will fail. Understanding buyer perceptions and expectations of value will become increasingly important as markets mature and integrated systems vie for dominance.
authors.affiliation: RCN Associates, White Plains, NY, USA.
authors.forename: R C
authors.initials: RC
authors.lastname: Nauert
mesh_terms: D002204:Capitation Fee; D003256:Community Participation; D003362:Cost-Benefit Analysis / Q000639:trends; D019033:Delivery of Health Care, Integrated / Q000191:economics; D004465:Economic Competition / Q000639:trends; D018588:Fee-for-Service Plans; D005544:Forecasting; D017754:Group Purchasing / Q000191:economics*; D006801:Humans; D008329:Managed Care Programs / Q000191:economics / Q000458:organization & administration / Q000592:standards* / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D018803:Models, Economic; D017146:Models, Organizational; D011785:Quality Assurance, Health Care / Q000191:economics*; D014481:United States