Managed Care (MC) is expected to provide health care at a lower cost than conventional provision. Therefore, Switzerland intends to promote MC by forcing health insurers to write MC contracts and introducing budgetary co-responsibility for ambulatory care physicians. A discrete choice experiment...

We extend prior research on the effect of managed care on the receipt of four medical interventions for pregnant women: ultrasound, induction/stimulation of birth, electronic fetal monitor, and cesarean delivery. Propensity score methods are used to account for sample selection issues regarding...

Die Autorin untersucht Gründe für das Scheitern von IV-Modellen und zeigt Erfolgsfaktoren für jede Entwicklungsphase einer IV-Kooperation auf. Konzepte der integrierten Gesundheitsversorgung sind anspruchsvolle Kooperationen, deren Erfolg entscheidend von der Kenntnis und Beherrschung der...