Date of Award
1973
Document Type
Thesis
Publication Status
Version of Record
Submission Date
October 2026
Thesis/Dissertation Advisor [Chair]
Preston, Paul
Abstract
In Orange County, California an innovative, pre-paid, capitation- type of health care program for welfare patients is being developed. This thesis investigates potential participation of conservatively oriented physicians in such a program. A direct mail questionnaire to the total physician membership of the Orange County Medical Association was utilized to determine patterns of medical practice in orange county, involvement of physicians in current welfare programs, and criteria acceptable to physicians that would effectively implement a program providing quality medical services readily accessible to welfare patients. Secondary research concentrated on current concepts and actual practice in the provision, the cost, and the quality of health care provided welfare patients. Data gathered gives a degree of insight to the medical leadership in Orange County whether an innovative pre-paid health care program will attract sufficient physician participation to justify the signing of a formal contract with the State of California.
Extent
125 p.
Recommended Citation
Blough, Robert Thurman, "An Investigation of Potential Physician Participation in an Innovative, Pre-paid Health Care Program for Welfare Patients in Oragne County, California" (1973). Electronic Theses and Dissertations 1970 - 1979. 159.
https://digitalcommons.fau.edu/etd_general_2/159
Identifier
FADT13586
Comments
Thesis (M.B.A.)--Florida Atlantic University, 1973.|College of Business|FAU Electronic Theses and Dissertations Collection|Thesis (M.B.A.)--Florida Atlantic University, 1973.