Toward a 21st Century Health System
eBook - PDF

Toward a 21st Century Health System

The Contributions and Promise of Prepaid Group Practice

  1. English
  2. PDF
  3. Available on iOS & Android
eBook - PDF

Toward a 21st Century Health System

The Contributions and Promise of Prepaid Group Practice

About this book

Toward a 21 st Century Health System is a collection of thoughtful analyses that explore a key element of the health care delivery system-physician group practices. Edited by policy experts Alain Enthoven and Laura Tollen, and written by a blue ribbon panel of health policy scholars and leaders including Stephen Shortell, Hal Luft, Donald Berwick, James Robinson, and Helen Darling, this resource addresses a variety of topics, including

  • Organized delivery systems
  • Quality of care in prepaid group practice versus other types of managed care
  • The role of physician leadership and culture in group practice
  • Prepaid group practice and the formation of national health policy

This comprehensive resource also covers such topics as pharmacy benefit management, technology assessment, health services research, and employer purchasing of benefitsā€“ all as they relate to prepaid group practice.

Frequently asked questions

Yes, you can cancel anytime from the Subscription tab in your account settings on the Perlego website. Your subscription will stay active until the end of your current billing period. Learn how to cancel your subscription.
No, books cannot be downloaded as external files, such as PDFs, for use outside of Perlego. However, you can download books within the Perlego app for offline reading on mobile or tablet. Learn more here.
Perlego offers two plans: Essential and Complete
  • Essential is ideal for learners and professionals who enjoy exploring a wide range of subjects. Access the Essential Library with 800,000+ trusted titles and best-sellers across business, personal growth, and the humanities. Includes unlimited reading time and Standard Read Aloud voice.
  • Complete: Perfect for advanced learners and researchers needing full, unrestricted access. Unlock 1.4M+ books across hundreds of subjects, including academic and specialized titles. The Complete Plan also includes advanced features like Premium Read Aloud and Research Assistant.
Both plans are available with monthly, semester, or annual billing cycles.
We are an online textbook subscription service, where you can get access to an entire online library for less than the price of a single book per month. With over 1 million books across 1000+ topics, weā€™ve got you covered! Learn more here.
Look out for the read-aloud symbol on your next book to see if you can listen to it. The read-aloud tool reads text aloud for you, highlighting the text as it is being read. You can pause it, speed it up and slow it down. Learn more here.
Yes! You can use the Perlego app on both iOS or Android devices to read anytime, anywhere ā€” even offline. Perfect for commutes or when youā€™re on the go.
Please note we cannot support devices running on iOS 13 and Android 7 or earlier. Learn more about using the app.
Yes, you can access Toward a 21st Century Health System by Alain C. Enthoven, Laura A. Tollen, Alain C. Enthoven,Laura A. Tollen in PDF and/or ePUB format, as well as other popular books in Medicine & Public Health, Administration & Care. We have over one million books available in our catalogue for you to explore.

Table of contents

  1. TOWARD A 21st CENTURY HEALTH SYSTEM
  2. CONTENTS
  3. TABLES AND EXHIBITS
  4. ACKNOWLEDGMENTS
  5. THE CONTRIBUTORS
  6. FOREWORD
  7. PREFACE
  8. CHAPTER ONE PREPAID GROUPS AND ORGANIZED DELIVERY SYSTEMS: Promise, Performance, and Potential
  9. CHAPTER TWO SYSTEMS AND RESULTS: The Basis for Quality Care in Prepaid Group Practice
  10. CHAPTER THREE THE CLINICAL AND ECONOMIC PERFORMANCE OF PREPAID GROUP PRACTICE
  11. CHAPTER FOUR PREPAID GROUP PRACTICE AND HEALTH CARE POLICY
  12. CHAPTER FIVE TECHNOLOGY ASSESSMENT, DEPLOYMENT, AND IMPLEMENTATION IN PREPAID GROUP PRACTICE
  13. CHAPTER SIX MANAGING THE PHARMACY BENEFIT IN PREPAID GROUP PRACTICE
  14. CHAPTER SEVEN PREPAID GROUP PRACTICE AND MEDICAL WORKFORCE POLICY
  15. CHAPTER EIGHT PREPAID GROUP PRACTICE AND HEALTH CARE RESEARCH
  16. CHAPTER NINE PHYSICIAN LEADERSHIP: ā€œGroup Responsibilityā€ as Key to Accountability in Medicine
  17. CHAPTER TEN THE LIMITS OF PREPAID GROUP PRACTICE
  18. CHAPTER ELEVEN THE RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN PREPAID GROUP PRACTICE AND THE EMPLOYER COMMUNITY
  19. CHAPTER TWELVE OPEN THE MARKETS AND LEVEL THE PLAYING FIELD
  20. EDITORSā€™ INTRODUCTION TO THE EPILOGUE
  21. EPILOGUE: PREPAID GROUP PRACTICE AND COMPUTERIZED CAREGIVER SUPPORT TOOLS
  22. APPENDIX: THE ORIGINS OF PREPAID GROUP PRACTICE IN THE UNITED STATES
  23. INDEX
  24. EULA