301. Reflections on change in medical practice. The current trend to large-scale medical organizations.
- Author
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Saward EW and Gallagher EK
- Subjects
- Cost Control trends, Delivery of Health Care trends, Financial Management trends, Group Practice trends, Health Maintenance Organizations trends, Insurance, Health economics, Insurance, Health trends, Insurance, Health, Reimbursement trends, Organizational Innovation economics, United States, Delivery of Health Care organization & administration, Health Facilities economics, Health Facilities, Proprietary economics
- Abstract
The trend in the provision of medical care to large-scale organizations is clear. While this has been most conspicuous in hospitals, nursing homes, and renal dialysis treatment centers, it is gathering momentum in the practice of medicine itself. The competitive pressures for cost containment, the ability of large medical organizations to contract efficiently with third parties, the ample supply of newly trained physicians seeking immediate practice, and new capital financing opportunities are some of the many reasons for this rapid aggregation. This will in time structurally change medical practice and the way in which it is perceived by patients and the public.
- Published
- 1983