Health maintenance organizations and managed care organizations have many similarities. Which of the following is more likely to be characteristic of a health maintenance organization?
1. believing that it would be less expensive to maintain health than to treat illness
2. controlling cost through the control of utilization of services
3. establishing criteria for quality care
4. allocating scarce resources
ANS: 1
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