title: Autos, tires, aluminum, oil--and cost containment.
abstract: Faced with massive increases in the costs of the health care benefits they provide for their employees, many large U.S. corporations are becoming increasingly involved in efforts to contain health care costs. Often seeing their efforts as posing an alternative to direct federal government intervention, business leaders are implementing a wide range of programs, including specific arrangements with providers, education of hospital trustees who are also employees, and fitness and preventive medicine programs.
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authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Friedman
mesh_terms: D003365:Costs and Cost Analysis; D006264:Health Benefit Plans, Employee / Q000191:economics*; D006307:Health Systems Agencies / Q000458:organization & administration; D007221:Industry; D007348:Insurance, Health / Q000191:economics*; D009786:Occupational Health Services / Q000191:economics*; D014481:United States