Implementing managed care in New Zealand.
Reforms at the level of the national government and regional health boards have encouraged the principles of budget-holding and managed care in New Zealand. The author describes how each principle is implemented in New Zealand and draws comparisons with managed care in the United States.
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University of Otago, New Zealand.
D002017:Budgets; D017598:Efficiency, Organizational; D006075:Governing Board; D018166:Health Care Reform / Q000331:legislation & jurisprudence* / Q000458:organization & administration; D006297:Health Services Accessibility; D008329:Managed Care Programs / Q000458:organization & administration*; D017146:Models, Organizational; D009520:New Zealand; D011332:Privatization; D016730:Program Development; D012935:Social Justice; D012941:Social Responsibility; D013222:State Medicine / Q000639:trends; D016896:Treatment Outcome; D014481:United States