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HEALTH MAINTENANCE ORGANIZATIONS—HOW RELEVANT TO THE AUSTRALIAN SCENE?
Author(s) -
ADAMS ANTHONY I.
Publication year - 1973
Publication title -
medical journal of australia
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.904
H-Index - 131
eISSN - 1326-5377
pISSN - 0025-729X
DOI - 10.5694/j.1326-5377.1973.tb110482.x
Subject(s) - health maintenance , business , health care , service (business) , public relations , process management , operations management , marketing , engineering , political science , law
The concept of the American health maintenance organizations is outlined, and some of the advantages and disadvantages to both consumers and providers of care are discussed. It is hoped that consideration of, and even experimentation with, prepaid group practice plans for delivering medical care—as an alternative to the present fee‐for‐service system—might take place in Australia.