Describe the three elements present in a managed care health care delivery system
What will be an ideal response?
1. A network of physicians, hospitals, and other providers and facilities that are linked contractually to deliver comprehensive health benefits within a predetermined budget, sharing economic risk for any budget deficit or surplus.
2. A budget based on an estimate of the annual cost of delivering health care for a given population.
3. An established set of administrative rules regarding how services are to be obtained from participating health care providers under the terms of the plan.
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