title: Ambulatory patient groups and redefining the roles of health care providers' delivery services in the USA.
abstract: Provides a review and analysis of the ambulatory patient groups classification system. Discusses a review of the history, development and implementation process. Concludes that in the ongoing efforts to move towards full-managed care in the not-so-distant future, ambulatory patients groups are another potential cost-cutting remedy for current health care providers and that future research into this issue is a must for public policy makers.
authors.affiliation: Graduate School of Management, University of Alabama at Birmingham, USA.
authors.forename: P
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Asubonteng
authors.forename: R
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Middleton
authors.forename: G
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Munchus
mesh_terms: D000553:Ambulatory Care / Q000145:classification* / Q000191:economics; D003695:Delivery of Health Care / Q000191:economics*; D003953:Diagnosis-Related Groups / Q000145:classification* / Q000191:economics; D008329:Managed Care Programs / Q000191:economics / Q000458:organization & administration / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D016730:Program Development; D011445:Prospective Payment System; D011907:Rate Setting and Review; D014481:United States