Evaluating Prevention and Quality of Care in Managed Care Plans: A Public Health Perspective

Public health practitioners are challenged to ensure the continued provision of necessary services in a rapidly changing delivery system. To accomplish this, new approaches to evaluating access and quality on a population basis are needed. This article presents a number of possible methods for evalu...

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Published in:Journal of public health management and practice 1995-01, Vol.1 (1), p.93-97
Main Author: Nolan, Patricia A.
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Cost Control
Health technology assessment
Humans
Managed Care Programs - organization & administration
Managed Care Programs - standards
Primary Prevention
Program Evaluation
Public Health
Quality Assurance, Health Care
United States
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United States
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