The myths of managed care. Surgical perspectives
B. I. Bodai
Department of Surgery, Kaiser Permanente Medical Center, Sacramento, Calif., USA.
Managed care is the contemporary and near-future system of medicine in
which we must learn to exist. Many are afraid of managed care only because
they are not familiar with the concept. Misconceptions abound in the
medical community concerning the sudden rise of managed care systems.
Surgeons, their postgraduate training and experience, daily practice,
multiple outside interests, and future governance of their craft are not at
risk in the managed care environment.