title: Preferred provider organizations: an overview.
abstract: This article examines Preferred Provider Organizations--a recently developing alternative form of health care organization. Current problems in the health care system, together with the structure, purpose, and benefits resulting from Preferred Provider Organizations are discussed. The contents of the File HEALTH database are compared with other business and legal databases for unique coverage of this topic.
mesh_terms: D007255:Information Services; D007348:Insurance, Health; D008523:MEDLARS; D011243:Preferred Provider Organizations; D014481:United States