title: Managed care: a call for strategic management in the dental office.
abstract: Strategic management of any business will enable it to prosper in challenging times of change. Strategic planning is not characteristically found only in large corporations. Indeed, small business, such as solo private practices, can gain much from the process. The successful practice is one that is proactive rather than reactive; it has learned to become the beneficiary of change, rather than its victim.
authors.forename: R E
authors.initials: RE
authors.lastname: Rada
mesh_terms: D003770:Dental Offices / Q000458:organization & administration*; D008329:Managed Care Programs / Q000458:organization & administration*; D008389:Marketing of Health Services; D017146:Models, Organizational; D009937:Organizational Objectives; D011215:Practice Management, Dental / Q000458:organization & administration*