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Managed Care in the Inner City: The Uncertain Promise for Providers, Plans, and Communities

ISBN: 978-0-7879-4623-4
Hardcover
224 pages
May 1999, Jossey-Bass
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Tables and Figures.

Preface.

Acknowledgments.

The Authors.

Chapter 1: Managed Care and the Ecology of the Inner City.

The Inner City Environment.

Access to the Health System.

Chapter 2: Managed Care, the Safety Net, and Inner CityResidents.

Managed Care Organizations: Benefits and Concerns for the InnerCity.

Managed Care Respond to Inner City Populations and Their HealthCare Needs.

Safety Net Providers, Managed Care and VulnerablePopulations.

Chapter 3: Implementing Managed Care in the Inner City.

Community Health and Public Health Issues.

Physicians and Allied Health Professionals.

The Traditional Providers of Care in the Inner City and TheirIntegration with Managed Care.

Chapter 4: Integrating Urban Teaching Hospitals into ManagedCare.

Old Questions, New Issues for Urban Teaching Hospitals and TheirMedical Schools.

Urban Teaching Hospitals and Managed Care: Results from a NationalSurvey.

Chapter 5: Financing Managed Care for Urban Populations.

Capitation Rates, Risk Adjustment, and Adverse Selection.

The Challenges of Attaining Stability in Enrollment.

The Special Circumstances of the Uninsured.

The Threat and the Opportunity for Inner City Safety Net Hospitals.
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