The impact of managed care on women's health research: innovation versus renovation.
The success of managed care organizations (MCOs) is correlated to its ability to reduce health care costs. Increasingly, however, MCOs' success in providing quality care has been questioned. Of particular interest to the American Medical Women's Association will be MCOs' impact on women's health research, women's health researchers, and women's health. The authors conclude that MCOs will influence both the type and extent of clinical research performed. MCOs will increase the clinical research focus on prevention and medical effectiveness studies which will have a particular benefit for women. At the same time, MCOs will decrease the traditional focus on clinical trials designed to evaluate medical efficacy. If current trends continue, the ultimate impact of MCOs on women's health research will yield improved processes for providing care without improved technologies for providing cure.
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Sapphire Women's Health Group, Neshanic Station, NJ, USA.
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D002986:Clinical Trials as Topic; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008329:Managed Care Programs / Q000639:trends; D012109:Research Support as Topic / Q000639:trends*; D014481:United States; D016387:Women's Health