Redefining German Health Care Moving to a Value-Based System /

• Κύριοι συγγραφείς: Porter, Michael E. (Συγγραφέας), Guth, Clemens (Συγγραφέας)
• Συγγραφή απο Οργανισμό/Αρχή: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Μορφή: Ηλεκτρονική πηγή Ηλ. βιβλίο
• Γλώσσα: English
• Έκδοση: Berlin, Heidelberg : Springer Berlin Heidelberg, 2012.
• Θέματα: Management.; Insurance.; Public health.; Public finance.; Social policy.; Health economics.; Medical economics.; Economics.; Health Economics.; Public Health.; Public Economics.; Social Policy.

 The German health care system is on a collision course with budget realities. Costs are high and rising, and quality problems are becoming ever more apparent. Decades of reforms have produced little change to these troubling trends.  Why has Germany failed to solve these cost and quality problems?...

Πίνακας περιεχομένων:

• Introduction
• Defining the Problem
• Guiding Principles of a Value-Based Health Care System
• The German Health Care System: Overview and Historical Development
• Health Insurance in Germany
• Health Care Providers
• Overall Assessment of German Health Care Providers
• The Role of Health Plans, Employers and Patients in Health Care Delivery
• Measuring the Results of Care
• Creating a High-Value German Health Care System: Overall Assessment and Recommendations
• Taxonomy of BQS Quality Indicators.