Richard Lucas SKK Systemy Kodow Kreskowych wrote:
> >I am interested in HMOs, which I understand to be American commercial health
> >care providers which feature the integration of private health insurance and
> >provision of care. Does anyone on GP-UK have any knowledge, experience,
> >opinions or suggestions for further reading on the questions:
> >
> >1. Are HMOs a good thing ?
> >2. Are HMOs an effective way of delivering health care to patients ?
> >3. In what ways are UK fundholding GPs similar to the US's HMOs ?
> >
> >I recently heard the opinion that HMOs are virtually the only bright star in
> >the dim galaxy of American health economics, but it was not from a doctor.
Recently I visited the USA and met people working at RANDcorporation in
Santa Monica.
The general imprssion was that they thought that HMO's are serving the
investors more than the patients (or doctors).
Personally I prefer the ducth way.
Greetings
from Holland of course.
Gerard Freriks,huisarts, MD
C. Sterrenburgstr 54
3151JG Hoek van Holland
the Netherlands (31) 174-384296/ Fax: -386249
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