Development of physician networks.
This article provides a brief overview of the development of physician networks. The continued progression of managed care and the advent of managed care-based health care reform at the state and national level have escalated the development of physician networks. This article reviews the potential purposes and objectives for forming a physician network as well as the different desired characteristics such as geographic access, network size and composition, and targeted physician characteristics that are important in the network's development.
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Jennings Ryan & Kolb, Chicago, IL.
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