Health Networks
Subtitle: Can They Be the Solution?
Publisher: University of Michigan Press
Published: May 17, 2001
Language: eng
Format: Hardcover
Number of pages: 392
ISBN-13: 9780472111930
Subjects: Health systems & services; Medical / Nursing; Health Care Issues; Community Health; Health Care Administration; Medical; Integrated delivery of health care; Health Policy; General; Health Care Delivery; Political Science / General; Community health services; Integrated delivery of health
Description: "Thomas P. Weil believes that the formation of health networks, or integrated delivery systems, represents a more sophisticated attempt to restructure America's health system than those previously undertaken. He argues that this is so because integrated delivery systems require the application of established business principles and well-researched clinical acumen to the delivery of medical care services. This book evaluates whether recently formed health networks can generate enough fiscal savings to provide greater access to and quality of healthcare despite the current trend of cutbacks in reimbursement from Medicare and managed care plans."--BOOK JACKET.