Study shows physician gatekeeping may help lower costs, but questions remain about physician and patient satisfaction.
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D001291:Attitude of Health Personnel; D003363:Cost Control; D003625:Data Collection; D020793:Gatekeeping; D006279:Health Maintenance Organizations; D006801:Humans; D019982:Organizational Case Studies; D017060:Patient Satisfaction; D018579:Patient Selection; D010817:Physician-Patient Relations; D010821:Physicians, Family / Q000523:psychology; D011787:Quality of Health Care; D014481:United States