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Neil Schneiderman, PhD, was born February 24, 1937. He is James L. Knight Professor of Health Psychology, Medicine, Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences, and Biomedical Engineering at the University of Miami. Schneiderman is also director of the university-wide Behavioral Medicine Research Center. He received his PhD in psychology at Indiana University and postdoctoral training at the University of...
The generic term managed care refers to various administrative and financial arrangements to regulate the site, cost, and utilization of health services. As health care costs began to escalate in the early 1960s, insurance companies, purchasers, and consumers became increasingly concerned, and different delivery models were developed with the intention of controlling costs and increasing efficiency...