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Managed care and economic dynamics

J E Riggs1

  • 1Department of Neurology, West Virginia University Health Sciences Center, Morgantown, WV 26506, USA.

Archives of Neurology
|September 1, 1996
PubMed
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Managed care in US healthcare did not impose true market constraints, failing to control costs or improve access. True market solutions require fundamental societal value shifts regarding healthcare rights.

Area of Science:

  • Health Economics
  • Healthcare Policy

Background:

  • US healthcare delivery evolved without market constraints, leading to a crisis of high costs, limited access, and redundant technology.
  • The current system disconnects consumers from payers, preventing effective fiscal control over healthcare services.

Purpose of the Study:

  • To analyze the economic dynamics of healthcare delivery under different market conditions.
  • To evaluate managed care as a strategy for imposing fiscal constraints on healthcare.

Main Methods:

  • Comparative analysis using diagrammatic representation of economic interactions.
  • Examining the relationships between patients, providers, and payers in open markets versus the pre-managed care and managed care systems.

Main Results:

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  • Managed care fails to impose true open marketplace fiscal constraints due to the continued dislinkage between consumers and payers.
  • Patient demand and needs remain unconstrained by fiscal realities under managed care.

Conclusions:

  • Managed care is an insufficient strategy to resolve the US healthcare crisis.
  • Addressing the crisis with true market constraints necessitates a reevaluation of societal values regarding individual rights to healthcare.