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Collaborative approaches to purchasing and managing oncology services for a prepaid population
Author(s) -
Hennings Mary N.,
Rosenthal David S.,
Connolly Debra A.,
Pollack Marc N.,
Lynch Maureen M.
Publication year - 1998
Publication title -
cancer
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 3.052
H-Index - 304
eISSN - 1097-0142
pISSN - 0008-543X
DOI - 10.1002/(sici)1097-0142(19980515)82:10+<2026::aid-cncr9>3.0.co;2-a
Subject(s) - reimbursement , managed care , medicine , health care , purchasing , context (archaeology) , nursing , population , payment , business , marketing , paleontology , environmental health , finance , economics , biology , economic growth
Recognizing that managed care now is the predominant form of health insurance plan in the U.S., the authors offer an example of how such plans successfully can collaborate with oncology care providers in the best interest of the patient.