Managed care and Medicaid: lessons and strategies for public health.

Public Health Practice program Office, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta, GA 30333, USA.

The authors review the status of managed care within Medicaid populations, focusing on the program in Tennessee, where the entire Medicaid population receives health services through managed care structures. Attention is given to barriers to implementation and implications for public health.

PMID: 10165640 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]