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Volume 10, Issue 1
1 February 1996
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Journal of Management in Medicine
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Research Article| February 01 1996

Medicare health maintenance organizations: An industry analysis for the elderly in the USA Available to Purchase

Patrick Asubonteng;
Patrick Asubonteng
University of Alabama at Birmingham, Birmingham, Alabama, USA
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Jessie Tucker;
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University of Alabama at Birmingham, Birmingham, Alabama, USA
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George Munchus
George Munchus
University of Alabama at Birmingham, Birmingham, Alabama, USA
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Author & Article Information
Publisher: Emerald Publishing
Online ISSN: 1758-7441
Print ISSN: 0268-9235
© MCB UP Limited
1996
J Manag Med (1996) 10 (1): 59–66.
https://doi.org/10.1108/02689239610113540

Provides a review and analysis of Medicare health maintenance organizations in the USA. The Porter model of industry structure is used. Discusses the issues of suppliers, buyers, market entry and substitutes. Indicates there is currently no intense rivalry among Medicare risk‐based HMOs. However, the Porter model reveals crucial information regarding the forces which drive industry competition. Trends in the field of managed care and Medicare financing continue to be a real challenge regarding future research.

Keywords:
Competition, Health care, Older people, USA
© MCB UP Limited
1996
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