Health Maintenance Organizations: Strategies and Orientations of the American Health Care System

The objective of the paper is to appraise of US experience of Managed Care according to the WHO evaluation grid. In the mid 1990s, HMOs organizations gained an increasing share of the US health care market by recruiting a growing number of US citizens. After a short review of history, Managed Care will be evaluated according to the WHO evaluation grid that uses criteria such as equity, quality, efficiency, and relevancy. Quality and efficiency...