Redefining German Health Care - Moving to a Value-Based System (Paperback, 2012 ed.)

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? The reason is that Germany has not set value for patients as the overarching goal, defined as the patient health outcomes achieved per euro expended. This book lays out an action agenda to move Germany to a high value system: care must be reorganized around patients and their medical conditions, providers must compete around the outcomes they achieve, health plans must take an active role in improving subscriber health, and payment must shift to models that reward excellent providers. Also, private insurance must be integrated in the risk-pooling system. These steps are practical and achievable, as numerous examples in the book demonstrate. Moving to a value-based health care system is the only way for Germany to continue to ensure access to excellent health care for everyone.

General

Imprint:	Springer-Verlag
Country of origin:	Germany
Release date:	February 2014
First published:	2012
Authors:	Michael E. Porter • Clemens Guth
Dimensions:	235 x 155 x 20mm (L x W x T)
Format:	Paperback
Pages:	308
Edition:	2012 ed.
ISBN-13:	978-3-642-43084-8
Categories:	Books > Business & Economics > Economics > Political economy Books > Business & Economics > Business & management > Management & management techniques > General Books > Medicine > General issues > Public health & preventive medicine > General Books > Medicine > General issues > Health systems & services > General Books > Business & Economics > Finance & accounting > Finance > Public finance > General Books > Business & Economics > Finance & accounting > Finance > Insurance > General Books > Money & Finance > Insurance > General Books > Money & Finance > Public finance > General Promotions
LSN:	3-642-43084-8
Barcode:	9783642430848

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