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Managed care: has the revolution arrived?

T S Lewis1

  • 1Medical Device Consultancy, Grangetown, Cardiff, UK. trevor@lewlink.demon.co.uk

Medical Device Technology
|February 6, 1998
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Managed Care is becoming a critical issue, with evidence showing increased cost containment efforts and market consolidation. Policy shifts in the UK also reflect these growing trends in healthcare management.

Area of Science:

  • Health Services Research
  • Healthcare Management
  • Health Economics

Background:

  • Managed Care was predicted to be a dominant issue.
  • The study investigates the current evidence supporting this prediction.

Purpose of the Study:

  • To assess the growing importance of Managed Care.
  • To review current trends in healthcare cost containment and market activity.

Main Methods:

  • Review of recent health-care cost containment initiatives.
  • Analysis of merger and acquisition activity in the healthcare market.
  • Examination of market profiles in the United States.
  • Evidence review of policy changes in the United Kingdom.

Main Results:

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  • Managed Care is increasingly significant.
  • Significant merger and acquisition activity is evident.
  • Policy changes in the UK indicate a trend towards managed care principles.

Conclusions:

  • Managed Care is indeed becoming a central issue in healthcare.
  • Market dynamics and policy shifts globally support this conclusion.