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Reducing costs in the health care system : learning from what has been done /

This report examines strategies intended to affect health care costs and investigates whether or not they save money. AHRQ funded research has found that some approaches (specific employer contribution methods, competition among health maintenance organizations (HMOs), and behavioral managed care) s...

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Main Author:	Stanton, Mark W.
Corporate Author:	United States. Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
Format:	Government Document eBook
Language:	English
Published:	Rockville, Md. : Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality, [2002]
Series:	Research in action (United States. Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality) ; issue #9. AHRQ publication ; no. 02-0046.
Subjects:	Medical care, Cost of > United States. Health insurance > United States > Costs. Health Care Costs > United States. Health Expenditures > United States. Cost Control > methods > United States. Health Care Reform > economics > United States. Insurance, Health > United States. Managed Care Programs > economics > United States.
Online Access:	https://purl.fdlp.gov/GPO/LPS91734

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