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Corporate Health Care Purchasing Among Fortune 500 Firms

In the past few years managed care has become the dominant model of health care delivery in the United States. Large companies have spearheaded the move to managed care and have driven the increasing focus on cost containment, the emergence of new organizational forms and contracting arrangements, and efforts at measuring quality in health care systems. Nonetheless, few researchers have examined comprehensively the motivations and methods of large corporate purchasers.

This paper presents findings from a new study of health care purchasing among the largest U.S. corporations. This is the first study to concentrate on the country’s very largest companies: . . . [Full Text of this Article]

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Competitive bidding.Top management involvement.Financial incentives.Speed of transition.Use of quality information.Employee satisfaction.Changing premium costs.

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