Managed Care in the Inner City presents a well-documented and candid look at how the managed care revolution has affected low-income and other vulnerable populations who live in inner cities. This groundbreaking book offers a thorough review of the drastic changes to the way health care is delivered in America's cities and presents sensible recommAndations for creating programs that will satisfy public health agAndas and also succeed from a policy and health care management perspective.

DENNIS P. ANDRULIS is director of the Office of Urban Populationsat the New York Academy of Medicine. He is a contributing editor tothe American Journal of Medicine and a founding board member of theAmerican International Health Alliance, which creates health carepartnerships with U.S. and Central and Eastern European providersof health care. He has published extensively on a broad range ofhealth policy issues. Andrulis is former president and CEO of theNational Public Health and Hospital Institute. BETSY CARRIER isvice president for managed care at the National Association ofPublic Hospitals & Health Systems and has worked in health caremanagement for over 20 years. She has extensive experience indeveloping managed care plans and case management programs forindividuals covered by both Medicaid and commercial insurance.