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Techniques for defining geographic boundaries for health regions
(Elsevier, 1979)
Many federal and state programs require the geographic partitioning of states into regions for health services planning, monitoring, and/or administration. A common consideration for such programs is that region boundaries ...
Health maintenance insurance: Toward an optimal HMO
(Kluwer Academic Publishers; Elsevier Scientific Publishing Company ; Springer Science+Business Media, 1978-12)
The financial incentive structure of today's health maintenance organizations addresses certain problems attributed to fee-for-service medical care, but at a theoretical level it does not induce optimal provider behavior. ...
The need for some innovative concepts of innovation: An examination of research on the diffusion of innovations
(Kluwer Academic Publishers; Elsevier Scientific Publishing Company ; Springer Science+Business Media, 1974-12)
This paper examines research on the diffusion of innovation, the final stage in the process of technological change. The focus rests primarily on two traditions in diffusion research: that of economists and that of ...