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JNCI Journal of the National Cancer Institute 1999 91(15):1274-1276; doi:10.1093/jnci/91.15.1274
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Journal of the National Cancer Institute, Vol. 91, No. 15, 1274-1276, August 4, 1999
© 1999 Oxford University Press

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Managed Care Groups Urged to Take the Lead in Addressing End-of-Life Issues

Judith Randal

Although managed care organizations come in many forms — staff model health maintenance organizations, independent practice organizations, point of service plans, and preferred provider organizations to mention but a few — all of them are intent on shaping provider behavior with institutional arrangements and organizational controls.

That being the case, argues a new report, managed care organizations would do well to enlist such tools as clinical guidelines and continuous quality improvement reviews in the ongoing struggle in the United States to upgrade the care of the terminally ill.

The report, published in May, is the work of an interdisciplinary task force assembled by the Education Development Center, . . . [Full Text of this Article]

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