title: Why managed care has gone too far.
abstract: Managed care has not solved employers' problems with rising health care costs; instead, it has created another set of problems, this author maintains. She suggests steps that employers can take to enhance the quality of health care for their employees and prevent further damage from the excesses of managed care.
authors.affiliation: UST, Greenwich, CT, USA.
authors.forename: K P
authors.initials: KP
authors.lastname: Thormann
mesh_terms: D017046:Cost Savings; D019033:Delivery of Health Care, Integrated / Q000191:economics / Q000592:standards; D006264:Health Benefit Plans, Employee / Q000191:economics* / Q000592:standards; D006279:Health Maintenance Organizations / Q000191:economics / Q000592:standards; D008329:Managed Care Programs / Q000191:economics* / Q000592:standards; D011787:Quality of Health Care; D014481:United States