Survey search: the status of gatekeeper systems.
A joint survey by the American Medical Care and Review Association and the Council on Medical Specialty Societies reveals HMOs' satisfaction with the quality and cost-effectiveness of gatekeeper systems. Criteria for gauging effectiveness are wide-ranging, however, and few HMOs have sought hard proof of gatekeepers' real contributions.
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