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Managed care was initially promoted as a means for improving coordination of care and quality of care and reducing wasteful spending. In reality, what have been the results of managed care on the health care system?

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Managed care was initially promoted as a means for improving coordination of care and quality of care and reducing wasteful spending. In reality, this solution discusses the actual results of managed care on the health care system, which includes a supplementary article on managed care for further expansion.

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1. Managed care was initially promoted as a means for improving coordination of care and quality of care and reducing wasteful spending. In reality, what have been the results of managed care on the health care system?

This is somewhat controversial and highly debated. Some proponents, for example, will argue that managed care has indeed met its ...

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