Managed-Care Research, Part 2

A review of research pertaining to managed care suggests that little information is known about the impact of the components of managed care on care delivery outcomes. Characteristics of managed-care systems rarely are considered, resulting in uncertainty and confusion about which of the domain components of managed care have contributed to the outcomes seen. In part 1 (JONA November 1999) of this two-part series, we described how the shift to...