title: Employers looking for more than health care cost containment.
abstract: Now is the time to chart strategies for the future. One market which needs reevaluation is the behavior of employers toward health plans. The authors through a review of both secondary and their own research show that most of the efforts at cost containment are the interests of large firms. The article summarizes what employers are currently seeking from health plans and how they are evaluating the growing number of alternatives available to them.
mesh_terms: D003363:Cost Control / Q000639:trends*; D003625:Data Collection; D003657:Decision Making; D006264:Health Benefit Plans, Employee / Q000191:economics*; D006801:Humans; D007221:Industry; D007348:Insurance, Health / Q000191:economics*; D010934:Planning Techniques; D014481:United States