Does Managed Care Lead To Better Or Worse Quality Of Care?

Prologue: One of the current realities of health policy making is that anecdotes far outweigh solid evidence when it comes to shaping the attitudes of people in relation to the performance of managed care. This phenomenon has been driven by legislators looking for political expedients that respond to a growing but still small number of consumer complaints and by media coverage that focuses on individual events rather than a broader picture of...