Hurley Robert E, Draper Debra A
Department of Health Administration, Virginia Commonwealth University, Richmond, VA, USA.
Manag Care Q. 2002 Fall;10(4):30-42.
Little effort has been made to understand operational responses of health plans to the cascade of regulation imposed on them in the past decade. Using data from the Community Tracking Study, we cast some light on this area and illustrate how regulatory initiatives have produced both intended and unintended consequences. The findings both confirm speculation about regulatory effects and reveal some surprising and troubling developments.
