TY  - BOOK
AU  - Amelung,Volker Eric
TI  - Healthcare Management: Managed Care Organisations and Instruments
T2  - Springer Texts in Business and Economics
SN  - 9783642387128
U1  - 362.1068 20
PY  - 2013///
CY  - New York
PB  - Springer
KW  - Administración de servicios de salud
KW  - Administración hospitalaria
KW  - Planificación de la salud
KW  - Servicios de salud
KW  - Administración de empresas
N1  - Basic Ideas of Managed Care; Definitions and Concepts --; Main Characteristics of the American Healthcare System --; Theoretical Concepts for the Assessment of Managed Care --; Managed Care Organisations and Products; Preliminary Remarks --; Insurance-Based Managed Care Organisations and Products --; Provider-Based Managed Care Organisations and Products --; Institutions in the Managed Care Environment --; Conclusion --; Managed Care Instruments; Contract Design --; Compensation Systems --; Quality and Cost Management --; Evaluation Procedure --; Evaluation of Managed Care; Preliminary Remarks --; Cost Effects of Managed Care --; Quality Effects of Managed Care --; Access Effects of Managed Care --; Acceptance of Managed Care --; Conclusion; License restrictions may limit access
N2  - Within the international discussion on the structure of healthcare systems, managed care is an increasingly important topic. Over more than twenty years managed care approaches have fundamentally influenced healthcare systems in terms of patient orientation, efficiency, and quality. Experts assume that up to 20% of healthcare expenses can be saved by applying high-quality managed care approaches. By using suitable organisational forms and management principles, not only can costs be reduced, but the quality of medical service provision can be augmented. Managed care is therefore much more than a cost-cutting strategy. The goal of this book is to offer a systematic overview of the organisational forms and management instruments implemented in managed care. Advocates consider managed care to be a logical and necessary developmental step in modern healthcare systems. An increase in quality and at the same time a reduction of costs is not seen as contradictory but rather as consistent. Therefore, managed care is a response to changed challenges in the provision of healthcare
ER  -