EMI patents on computed tomography: history of legal actions.
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History, 20th Century↗
Biomedical subjects
R A Hurst
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The state of HMOs: crisis or opportunity?
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Financial Management↗
The state of HMOs: crisis or opportunity?
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Data Collection↗
All-payer approach a potential cure for cost shifting.
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Cost Allocation↗
Paying in Peoria: how Illinois' largest private employer contains health care costs.
Last year, Caterpillar Tractor Company in Peoria, Ill. paid 90 percent of the health care costs for approximately one quarter of a million persons in the United States. Here, the author reviews what Caterpillar is doing to curb these costs, which have been increasing at a rate greater than inflation.
Cost Control↗
Industry in local health planning.
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Health Systems Agencies↗
The Caterpillar story: involvement in 15 coalitions is providing insight on health.
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Commerce↗
Preferred provider organizations: an analysis.
The field of health care is moving very quickly, developing new technologies and diagnostics as well as devising new ways to pay for this technology. This article deals with one particular, rapidly evolving payment mechanism, namely, the Preferred Provider Organization (PPO). The analysis below describes the growth of the PPO, both in the medical field and in the current general marketplace, and examines its future. Creative approaches to designing PPOs are also discussed. Finally, this article offers some suggestions on ensuring the viability of PPOs.
Data Collection↗