Tables and Figures.

Preface.

Acknowledgments.

The Authors.

Chapter 1: Managed Care and the Ecology of the Inner City.

The Inner City Environment.

Access to the Health System.

Chapter 2: Managed Care, the Safety Net, and Inner City Residents.

Managed Care Organizations: Benefits and Concerns for the Inner City.

Managed Care Respond to Inner City Populations and Their Health Care Needs.

Safety Net Providers, Managed Care and Vulnerable Populations.

Chapter 3: Implementing Managed Care in the Inner City.

Community Health and Public Health Issues.

Physicians and Allied Health Professionals.

The Traditional Providers of Care in the Inner City and Their Integration with Managed Care.

Chapter 4: Integrating Urban Teaching Hospitals into Managed Care.

Old Questions, New Issues for Urban Teaching Hospitals and Their Medical Schools.

Urban Teaching Hospitals and Managed Care: Results from a National Survey.

Chapter 5: Financing Managed Care for Urban Populations.

Capitation Rates, Risk Adjustment, and Adverse Selection.

The Challenges of Attaining Stability in Enrollment.

The Special Circumstances of the Uninsured.

The Threat and the Opportunity for Inner City Safety Net Hospitals.