title: Caveats for physicians in the financing of practice networks.
abstract: There are advantages for physicians to affiliate in networks with other practitioners in order to contract with third party payers and to achieve economies of scale. However, doctors must assure themselves of the viability of the organization they may be joining in terms of long-term financial stability and managerial expertise.
authors.affiliation: University of Illinois, Chicago, USA.
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Frenkel
mesh_terms: D002202:Capital Financing / Q000379:methods*; D019058:Community Networks / Q000191:economics*; D003284:Contract Services / Q000191:economics; D003362:Cost-Benefit Analysis / Q000639:trends; D003659:Decision Making, Organizational; D006801:Humans; D008329:Managed Care Programs / Q000191:economics; D011216:Practice Management, Medical / Q000191:economics* / Q000639:trends; D014481:United States