title: Managed care and chronic illness: an overview.
abstract: The growth in managed care raises a number of issues with respect to people with chronic illness. One issue is whether HMOs enroll their fair share of people with chronic illness. Another issue is how to address the fears among people with chronic illness or disabilities who are faced with requirements to join managed care plans.
authors.affiliation: PDF Incorporated, Chevy Chase, MD, USA.
authors.forename: P D
authors.initials: PD
authors.lastname: Fox
authors.forename: T
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Fama
mesh_terms: D000368:Aged; D002204:Capitation Fee; D002908:Chronic Disease / Q000453:epidemiology* / Q000628:therapy*; D004608:Eligibility Determination; D006279:Health Maintenance Organizations / Q000458:organization & administration / Q000592:standards / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D006801:Humans; D006278:Medicare / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D009936:Organizational Innovation; D010353:Patient Education as Topic; D011787:Quality of Health Care; D012308:Risk Management; D014481:United States