title: PHOs fall short of expectations. Despite failings, networks may have role as a transition to vertical integration.
abstract: An estimated 3,000 physician-hospital organizations have formed since the early 1980s, most of them in the last two years. But their slow progress in managed-care contracting has many wondering if they're anything more than an expensive fad. Proponents argue that despite their failings, PHOs may have a role as a transition to vertical integration.
authors.forename: M C
authors.initials: MC
authors.lastname: Jaklevic
mesh_terms: D002204:Capitation Fee; D003625:Data Collection; D019033:Delivery of Health Care, Integrated; D005069:Evaluation Studies as Topic; D006759:Hospital-Physician Joint Ventures / Q000458:organization & administration / Q000639:trends*; D007193:Independent Practice Associations / Q000458:organization & administration; D008329:Managed Care Programs; D017146:Models, Organizational; D012306:Risk; D014481:United States