title: My brother's gatekeeper.
abstract: When doctors launch their own managed care ventures, they soon find that cost control means care control. And in policing their own, they must resort to the techniques used by other health plans--gatekeepers and all.
authors.forename: K
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Douglass
mesh_terms: D000574:American Medical Association; D003363:Cost Control; D006125:Group Practice, Prepaid / Q000191:economics / Q000458:organization & administration*; D007193:Independent Practice Associations; D008329:Managed Care Programs / Q000191:economics / Q000458:organization & administration*; D010067:Ownership; D005791:Patient Care / Q000592:standards; D008486:Physician Executives; D011243:Preferred Provider Organizations; D012017:Referral and Consultation; D014481:United States; D014600:Utilization Review