Physician hostility toward MCOs reaches new high
Physician hostility toward MCOs reaches new high
72% of MDs call for total overhaul of system
The percentage of American physicians who are angered by the managed care industry reached an all-time high of 83%, compared with 51% in 1984 and 67% as recently as 1997, according to a new survey of the nation’s physicians by Strategic Health Perspectives, a research-based forecasting and market analysis service offered by Harris Interactive in New York City and the Harvard School of Public Health in Cambridge, MA.
Recently released 1999 national surveys of consumers, physicians, employers, and health plans revealed the following trends:
• The proportion of practicing physicians who believe that "fundamental changes are needed" in the nation’s health care system rose to 83%, with 72% stating that the "system needs to be completely rebuilt."
• Only 10% of physicians and 43% of the American public report believing that managed care has improved the quality of health care, compared with 57% of employers and 86% of health plan medical directors.
• Only 44% of physicians and 40% of the American public agree that managed care has been at least somewhat successful in containing costs, compared with 61% of employers and 88% of health plan medical directors.
For more information about Strategic Health Perspectives or the study, call Bob Leitman or Katherine Binns at (212) 539-9600.
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