title: Managed care fear not.
abstract: The evolution of managed care really began during World War II when a shipbuilding company, Kaiser, developed a health care plan for employees. The health care plan provided a continuum of care from prevention to acute care with its own providers at a low cost to employees. This was ingenious because other employers were paying insurance premiums without having any control over costs.
authors.affiliation: Patient Care Services, Hospital for Sick Children, Washington, DC, USA.
authors.forename: C G
authors.initials: CG
authors.lastname: Leyden
mesh_terms: D019090:Case Management / Q000458:organization & administration; D003191:Comprehensive Health Care / Q000458:organization & administration*; D003266:Continuity of Patient Care / Q000458:organization & administration*; D003363:Cost Control; D006801:Humans; D008329:Managed Care Programs / Q000458:organization & administration*