title: Does managed care need to be replaced? "Father" of managed care unveils new plan.
abstract: In a recent speech at the Graduate School of Management, University of California, Irvine, managed care architect Paul M. Ellwood, Jr., MD, outlined an ambitious vision for a dramatic new business model and clinical plan for health care of the future. Here's the complete text of his landmark speech, along with an update on where the plan stands today.
authors.affiliation: pmellwood@earthlink.net
authors.forename: Paul M
authors.initials: PM
authors.lastname: Ellwood
mesh_terms: D003266:Continuity of Patient Care; D003695:Delivery of Health Care / Q000458:organization & administration*; D019317:Evidence-Based Medicine; D018166:Health Care Reform / Q000266:history; D006279:Health Maintenance Organizations / Q000266:history; D049673:History, 20th Century; D018854:Managed Competition / Q000266:history; D017146:Models, Organizational; D011785:Quality Assurance, Health Care; D014481:United States; D019472:Universal Health Insurance