title: Clinical care with a retail flavor: Twin Cities employer group tries a bold new experiment.
abstract: In this revolutionary new healthcare purchasing model, individual consumers--employees, not employers--make healthcare buying decisions. Providers, in turn, are directly accountable to consumers and design their networks to compete for consumer market share.
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authors.lastname: Carlson
mesh_terms: D003256:Community Participation; D004465:Economic Competition; D018588:Fee-for-Service Plans / Q000191:economics / Q000592:standards; D006264:Health Benefit Plans, Employee / Q000191:economics / Q000458:organization & administration* / Q000592:standards; D007221:Industry; D007591:Joint Commission on Accreditation of Healthcare Organizations; D008329:Managed Care Programs / Q000191:economics / Q000592:standards; D008910:Minnesota; D017146:Models, Organizational; D010816:Physician Incentive Plans; D011787:Quality of Health Care; D012941:Social Responsibility