Toward a 21st Century Health System: The Contributions and Promise of Prepaid Group Practice
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| Rating | : | 4.60 (523 Votes) |
| Asin | : | 0787973092 |
| Format Type | : | paperback |
| Number of Pages | : | 336 Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 2015-03-10 |
| Language | : | English |
DESCRIPTION:
Toward a 21st Century Health System is a collection of thoughtful analyses that explore a key element of the health care delivery system¾physician 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 systemsQuality of care in prepaid group practice versus other types of managed careThe role of physician
"Prepaid Group Practices, A 21st Century Alternative for Universal Health Care" according to Ronald Chisholm. The design of the book, flows effortlessly in a cogent and empirical manner. PGPs are a viable alternative in providing health coverage to all Americans. The most salient features such as preventive services, operational efficiency and standard of quality are commendable. Particular chapte
As trends in insurance design unfold -- and as the number of uninsured people continues to rise inexorably -- Enthoven and Tollen have produced a collection of essays on prepaid group practice. Supreme Court decision in Aetna v. Although its name conjures up the concept of consumer choice, consumer-driven health care is, beneath its market hype, nothing less than the systemic erosion of health care coverage itself through the removal of coverage for enrollees, rather than through structural reform (as Enthoven advocated) to tame health care costs and improve quality. Yet as purchasers move away from the Enthoven vision, they appear to be headed in a deeply troubling direction, under the banner of "consumer-driven" health c