Jackovitz D S
Health Care Strateg Manage. 1984 Oct;2(10):18-22.
To date, the preferred provider organization (PPO) concept has received considerable attention. Current literature, however, has focused on conceptual explanations and case studies of this new alternative delivery system as opposed to the process involved in developing operational PPOs. This paper focuses on the application of analytical techniques to strengthen PPO development activities. These techniques range from network analysis for planning PPO development to system flowcharts that depict new PPO operations. Since PPOs are used as the application base for the above tools, a brief description of PPOs will be addressed prior to explaining the techniques.
到目前为止，优选提供者组织（PPO）概念已受到相当多的关注。然而，当前的文献主要集中在对这种新型替代交付系统的概念解释和案例研究上，而不是开发运营性PPO所涉及的过程。本文着重于分析技术在加强PPO开发活动中的应用。这些技术涵盖从用于规划PPO发展的网络分析到描绘新PPO运营的系统流程图。由于PPO被用作上述工具的应用基础，在解释这些技术之前将先对PPO进行简要描述。
