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The health maintenance organization (HMO), an organized system for the delivery of comprehensive medical services, is an alternative to the traditional fee-for-service medical system in the United States. It is characterized by a voluntarily enrolled population which is assessed a fixed periodic payment independent of the amount of service consumed. This capitation payment acts as a budget constraint promoting efficient acquisition and allocation of resources.
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Buchanan, J.L. (1984). A Multilocation Capacity Expansion Model for Hospital Based Health Maintainance Organizations. In: van Eimeren, W., Engelbrecht, R., Flagle, C.D. (eds) Third International Conference on System Science in Health Care. Health Systems Research. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-69939-9_236
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