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Managed care in Massachusetts.

Part of a special section on Medicaid and issues for health care reform. The conversion of a fee-for-service program into a managed-care system in Massachusetts is discussed. Medicaid cost increases in the state were driven by rising caseloads and double-digit inflation in medical costs compounded...

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Published in:Public Welfare Vol. 53; pp. 6 - 10
Main Author: Bullen, Bruce M.
Format: Article
Published: American Public Human Services Association Spring 1995
Subjects:
Managed care programs
Health insurance
Medicaid
Medical care
Massachusetts
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