title: Pain management and palliative care in the era of managed care: issues for health insurers.
abstract: Author reports on empirical study of medical directors at Blue Cross Blue Shield Plans regarding their awareness of and response to issues of pain management and palliative care for their insured populations.
authors.affiliation: Law & Health Care Program, University of Maryland School of Law, Baltimore, USA.
authors.forename: D E
authors.initials: DE
authors.lastname: Hoffmann
mesh_terms: D001294:Attitude to Health; D003362:Cost-Benefit Analysis; D003659:Decision Making, Organizational; D016527:Drug Costs; D006801:Humans; D019458:Insurance Coverage; D008329:Managed Care Programs / Q000191:economics*; D010146:Pain / Q000188:drug therapy* / Q000191:economics; D010166:Palliative Care / Q000191:economics*; D040841:Resource Allocation; D036302:Therapeutic Human Experimentation; D014481:United States