Draconian buyers and Spartan suppliers: the harsh realities of a managed care world.
In this article, authors Robert Hurley, Ph.D.,and Jon Thompson, M.S.P., report results of a survey involving interviews with employee benefits managers. The results are notable in that they reveal purchasers in the process of challenging many of the fundamental assumptions regarding buying medical benefits and the services of medical professionals.
Hurley
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Medical College of Virginia, Virginia Commonwealth University, Richmond 23298.
Thompson
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