title: How to identify global markets that are ready for managed care.
abstract: As international risk carriers observe increasing medical loss ratios, many have flocked to managed care in an attempt to control medical costs while allowing for the measurement of care leading to improved quality. These same risk carriers often find it difficult to determine which managed care programs will produce the desired effects. However, it is not always clear why American health care concepts do not always produce the desired results in some international markets.
authors.affiliation: Swiss Reinsurance Company, Zürich, Switzerland.
authors.forename: L
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Beichl
authors.forename: D
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Berger
mesh_terms: D003363:Cost Control; D019049:Developed Countries; D003906:Developing Countries; D017598:Efficiency, Organizational; D019981:Health Care Sector / Q000458:organization & administration*; D006297:Health Services Accessibility; D006801:Humans; D016013:Likelihood Functions; D008329:Managed Care Programs / Q000191:economics / Q000458:organization & administration* / Q000592:standards; D016730:Program Development; D011787:Quality of Health Care; D020414:Risk Sharing, Financial