Healthcare Management Managed Care Organisations and Instruments /

• Main Author: Amelung, Volker Eric (Author, http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/aut)
• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Berlin, Heidelberg : Springer Berlin Heidelberg : Imprint: Springer, 2019.
• Edition: 2nd ed. 2019.
• Series: Springer Texts in Business and Economics,
• Subjects: Health economics.; Health care management.; Health services administration.; Public health.; Health Economics.; Health Care Management.; Public Health.

This textbook on Healthcare Management provides a systematic and comprehensive overview of the organisational forms and management instruments implemented in managed care. Within the international discussion on the structure of healthcare systems, managed care is an increasingly important topic. Ove...

Table of Contents:

• Part I: Basic Ideas of Managed Care
• Definitions and Concepts
• Main Characteristics of the American Healthcare System
• Theoretical Concepts for the Assessment of Managed Care
• Part II: 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
• Part III: Managed Care Instruments
• Contract Design
• Compensation Systems
• Quality Management
• Cost Management
• Evaluation Procedure
• Part IV: 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
• Index.