Abstract

Managed care has had a significant impact on many components of the U.S. health care delivery system such as cost effectiveness, access to care, and quality of care. These changes have affected how administrators and practitioners perceive the impact of managed care on health care delivery practices. The problem of this study was to explore whether health care administrators and practitioners perceive the impact of managed care on health care delivery practices differently and to explore which organizational variables explain the difference. A descriptive, cross-sectional survey design was used for the target population of administrator and practitioner health care professionals from high, moderate, and low managed care penetration markets. Two investigator-developed instruments, the Managed Care Perceptions Inventory (MCPI) and the MCPI-D, and an intact centralization of decision-making assessment subscale were used for data collection.

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This dissertation has also been disseminated through the ProQuest Dissertations and Theses database. Dissertation/thesis number: 3046326; ProQuest document ID: 305504400. The author still retains copyright.

Authors

Mari F. Tietze

Author Details

Mari F. Tietze, PhD

Sigma Membership

Beta Beta (Dallas)

Type

Dissertation

Format Type

Text-based Document

Study Design/Type

Cohort

Research Approach

Quantitative Research

Keywords:

Managed Care Administration, Health Care Practices, Nursing Role Perceptions

Advisor

Rebecca Krepper

Degree

PhD

Degree Grantor

Texas Woman's University

Degree Year

2002

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Review Type

None: Degree-based Submission

Acquisition

Proxy-submission

Date of Issue

2019-05-23

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