Table of Contents:
  • Current practice and evolving roles in public health
  • Managed care and its relationship to public health : barriers and opportunities
  • Privatization of public hospitals : trends and strategies
  • Privatization and health care
  • Managed care for Medicaid beneficiaries : an overview
  • Privatizing maternal and child health services in Texas
  • Public and private sector involvement in managed mental health care
  • Managed care and the delivery of public mental health and substance abuse services
  • The privatization of quality assurance in health care
  • Managed care, public health, and privatization : a typology of interorganizational arrangements
  • Case study : integrated public and private health care systems in Denver, CO
  • Case study : group health cooperative and the public health system serving Olympia, WA
  • Case study : a public sector HMO in Portland, OR
  • Case study : Reconfiguring Memphis' public health system for managed care
  • Case study : the local health department's role in Milwaukee's managed care market
  • Case study : privatizing a community hospital in Rocky Mount, NC
  • Case study : providing public health services through an integrated delivery system in Mecklenburg County, NC
  • Case study : privatizing the mental health system in King County, WA
  • Ensuring quality and access under managed care
  • Public health, privatization, and market populism : a cautionary note
  • Strategies for managing the public's health : implications and next steps