Kralewski J E, Feldman R, Dowd B, Shapiro J
Division of Health Services Research and Policy, University of Minnesota.
Health Care Manage Rev. 1991 Winter;16(1):9-16.
This article is a summary of seven health maintenance organization (HMO) case studies focusing on strategies used to obtain favorable prices for inpatient hospital services. All of the HMOs stressed that the effort should be based on the local environment and should accommodate the special circumstances of organization of physicians' practices and hospitals, as well as the structure of the HMO and its strategic plan for growth.
