Dollars and death

Article Abstract:

The high costs of caring for terminally ill patients, particularly in the last stages of life, may force many economically strapped families to seek accelerated means of death for the ill family member, some ethicists and medical practitioners believe. The prominent role that money plays in many cases of physician-assisted suicide troubles many who believe that the right to die may become the duty to die for families who cannot afford enough coverage to sustain the life of a dying loved one.

Economic aspects, Cover Story, Terminally ill persons, Terminally ill, Assisted suicide, Ethical aspects

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Market spider: a new tool measures the maturity of managed care markets

Article Abstract:

A new market analysis tool enables researchers to evaluate the differences in 11 major characteristics to define market maturity. The scores are mapped and the graph that results looks like a spiderweb. The larger the spiderweb the more developed the market. There are pictorial representations of a new market, an emerging market, a growing market and a mature market.

Market Survey Techniques, Models, Market share, Market surveys

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Behind closed doors: what would you learn if you were a fly on the wall while your competitors were mapping out their managed care strategy?

Article Abstract:

A dramatization is provided which illustrates several of the issues facing health system executives that are implementing a managed care program. Organizational restructuring, cost evaluation, health care delivery integration and incentives alignment are highlighted. This dramatization was provided by a health care consultant with 30 years of experience.

Planning, Managed care plans (Medical care)

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