This handbook gives profound insight into the main ideas and concepts of integrated care. It offers a managed care perspective with a focus on patient orientation, efficiency, and quality by applying widely recognized management approaches to the field of health care. The handbook also provides...

COVID‑19 hit the long-term care sector hard. This brief looks at mortality rates in care homes, as well as the policy responses undertaken during the pandemic. The brief assesses the emergency preparedness of the sector and highlights the lessons learned, including policies to reduce...

This dissertation is a collection of four essays dealing with topics of the production of health and health care finance. In almost all industrialized countries public health care expenditure continues to increase at a faster pace than GDP. Thus, debate on health policy often focuses on limiting...

Der Sammelband enthält die erweiterten Referate eines interdisziplinären Workshops über Rationalisierungsreserven im deutschen Gesundheitswesen, insbesondere in dem Bereich der gesetzlichen Krankenversicherung (GKV). Das Themenspektrum umfasst Effizienzpotentiale im stationären Bereich,...

Part I: Foundations of Integrated Care -- Part II: Management of Integrated Care -- Part III: Tools and Instruments -- Part IV: Evaluation and Health Services Research -- Part V: Selected Client Groups -- Part VI: Case Studies.