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Jan Gregoire Coombs, The Rise and Fall of HMOs: An American Health Care Revolution.

Publication: Journal of Sociology & Social Welfare
Publication Date: 01-DEC-06 		Format: Online
Delivery: Immediate Online Access
Full Article Title: Jan Gregoire Coombs, The Rise and Fall of HMOs: An American Health Care Revolution.(Book review)

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Jan Gregoire Coombs, The Rise and Fall of HMOs: An American Health Care Revolution. Madison, WI: University of Wisconsin Press, 2005. $35.00 hardcover.

This insightful book covers in depth the historical development of Health Maintenance Organizations (HMOs) while interjecting the experience of the Wisconsin Marshfield Clinic as an HMO case study. The author carefully documents the broader context of national health care policy making as it relates to HMO development and actual health practices within the Marshfield Clinic. The book covers many topics including, but not limited to, a brief history of health insurance prior to the 1970's, the enactment of the HMO Act, health care in rural America, Antitrust Legislation, private and public sector HMO development, accountability, and health promotion strategies.

What is evident from the very first chapter is the careful research conducted by...

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