… patients in other health plans). It is … health plan on physician behavior from the impact of
the financial incentives from other health plans without information about all of the health plans …

… from 2.8% (6 million persons) in 1976 to 28.6% (76.6 million persons) by 1998, 10 with
the number of managed care plans increasing from 174 to 651 during this same period. …

… To determine whether important information might be lost using this dichotomy, we performed
a subgroup analysis of patients who had indemnity or managed care type coverage; these …

… been to change physician behavior in a sustained and purposeful way. This isn’t to suggest
we shouldn’t keep working to find strategies for delivering US health care more effectively …

… of physician behavior, attitudes in the real world of health … The managed care industry's
favored policy of switching from … that financial incentives drive physician behavior, as are the …

… A third limitation is that we did not measure actual physician behavior. Even so, previous
research has shown that behavioral intentions often do correlate with behavior, especially …

… There is no unifying theory of physician behavior change tested among physicians in …
managed care. Outcomes reported in many studies have included whether physician behavior …

… medical care according to the physician's best judgment. Other managed care plans
have … reduction of cxpcnditures and to control physician behavior. Even in physician-generated …

… managed care on physician behavior compared the experiences of traditional indemnity plan
enrollees with health … With respect to the newer types of managed care organizations, there …

… of changes in physician behavior in accordance with eight National Institute of Health (NIH) …
The authors suggest that physician behavior is likely to change only when physicians have …