title: Strategies for materiel management executives.
abstract: With a more centralist political philosophy emulating on Capital Hill, this article focuses on potential effects on materiel management executives of a half-competitive (managed care) and a half-regulatory (Medicare and Medicaid) environment in organizing and financing health services. It predicts a far more contentious field; further cutbacks in nonpatient care personnel, including senior positions for material management executives; the centralization of tertiary services; and the possibility of additional regulatory approaches to protect the public.
authors.affiliation: Bedford Health Associates, Inc., Asheville, NC, USA.
authors.forename: T P
authors.initials: TP
authors.lastname: Weil
mesh_terms: D002170:Canada; D003363:Cost Control; D016527:Drug Costs / Q000639:trends; D004465:Economic Competition; D005858:Germany; D005102:Health Expenditures; D006279:Health Maintenance Organizations / Q000191:economics / Q000458:organization & administration*; D006280:Health Workforce; D008421:Materials Management, Hospital / Q000191:economics / Q000639:trends*; D008484:Medicaid / Q000191:economics; D006278:Medicare / Q000191:economics; D010934:Planning Techniques; D014481:United States