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01-02-2007 | Book Review
Advisory Council on the Assessment of Developments in the Health Care System. “Coordination and quality in the health care system, vols. 1 and 2 (Koordination und Qualität im Gesundheitswesen, Bände 1 und 2)”. Updated version from 1 July 2005, 1st edition
W. Kohlhammer: Stuttgart 2006, ISBN 3-17-19345-7, ISBN 3-17-019346-5, 49.00 EUR
Authors:
Tatjana Heinen-Kammerer, Reinhard Rychlik
Published in:
Journal of Public Health
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Issue 1/2007
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Excerpt
This report regarding developments and trends in the health-care system focuses on the subject of corporative coordination and on the coordination of services rendered in overlapping sectors. The Council considers the possibilities for enhancing effectiveness and quality in the health-care system. The central thesis suggests that this can be attained by enhanced coordination. According to the authors, deficits in coordination are often the cause of poor quality, which again results in lack of transparency, inadequate competition and insufficient incentive systems. …