20); or, in Robinson's words (2001, p. 2627): “The retreat from managed care promotes access but also removes the brakes on health care cost infiation.” Thus, it is no wonder that the premiums and co-payments of the insured have once ...
Decision-making takes place around the operating core (professional frontline staff) and management and administration take place by mutual agreement. Healthcare is a rapidly growing industry sector. For example, the US healthcare ...
Covers various major aspects of healthcare management. This book draws together key themes and offers a view about future development and trends in healthcare management.
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.
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This book is key reading for researchers, managers and healthcare policy makers with a genuine interest in the links betwen the theory and practice of healthcare management and how best practice might be achieved within healthcare systems.
This work is structured into three main sections, bracketed by an introductory chapter setting the policy context and offering an overview/map of what follows; a concluding chapter draws together the key themes and offers a view about the ...