Healthcare management : managed care organisations and instruments / Volker Eric Amelung ; with collaboration of Mirella Cacace ... [et al.]
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- 出版： Heidelberg : Springer 2013
- 叢書名： 空的權威內文
- 主題： Health services administration. , Health services administration.
- ISBN： 9783642387111 (hbk.) :: US$101.36 、 364238711X (hbk.)
- 一般註：Includes bibliographical references and index
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- 系統號： 005210642 | 機讀編目格式
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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.