title: Ensuring cost-effective investments for the future.
abstract: According to an analyst report from Smith Barney, the market for managed care information systems is about $2 billion, growing to more than $5 billion by 2000. Nonetheless, these systems must prove a cost-effective for managed care organizations. Systems should add value and, over time, offer a return on investment. These goals are accomplished through solutions that recognize and anticipate expanding information requirements in the evolving healthcare market.
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authors.lastname: Borger
mesh_terms: D003362:Cost-Benefit Analysis; D007449:Investments; D008329:Managed Care Programs / Q000458:organization & administration*; D008331:Management Information Systems / Q000191:economics*; D014481:United States