Managing competition in the health care industry.
Health-care decisions made by consumers are generally not made by informed choice. Hospitals, expanding their market beyond physician referrals, are discovering that consumers are interested in taking a more active role. Managed-competition programs may be one of the first concepts to fine-tune a new broad-based health-care system.
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