The German Health Care System
Accessing the German Health Care Market
3rd Edition
Published on 18. December 2020
IX, 302 pages
978-3-86216-747-0 (ISBN)
Description
Germany's health care system takes care of around 82 million people and is built on the principles of solidarity
and equity. At the same time, it is a large and attractive market. It's long history and ever more detailed regulation,
however, make it difficult to understand the system and to enter the market.
The recent Corona crisis has shown hat the German health care system is robust, resilient, and flexible to cope even
with unprecedented situations.
This book, written by scientists and practitioners from different professional backgrounds, is intended to provide
a swift, yet comprehensive, up-to-date, and authoritative introduction into how health care is delivered, financed,
and governed in Germany.
We have included all major changes and reforms up until September 2020.
More details
Language
English
Place of publication
Heidelberg
Germany
Target group
Professional and scholarly
International health care organizations, foreign medical personnel working in the German health care system, scientists and students with an interest in the German health care system.
File size
7,04 MB
ISBN-13
978-3-86216-747-0 (9783862167470)
Schweitzer Classification
Persons
Prof. Konrad Obermann M.D., Ph.D. is senior scientific staff at the MIPH Mannheim Institute of Public Health,
Heidelberg University. He is also an independent international advisor on health systems and financing.
Dr. Peter Müller is a trained journalist and managing director of the Stiftung Gesundheit (Public Health Foundation), Hamburg. He teaches Management of Not-for-Profit-Organizations (MBA) at the US Touro College.
Sebastian Zilch studied economics at the University of Heidelberg and public policy at the Hertie School of
Governance in Berlin. He is Managing Director of the Bundesverband Gesundheits-IT - bvitg e. V.
(Federal Association of Health IT), Berlin since June 2017.
Dr. C. Martin Winter is a trained physician with a wide range of experience in clinical medicine and medical
controlling at a University Hospital. He is also a board member of the German Association for Medical Controllers.
Prof. Dr. Bernd Glazinski is a psychologist and professor of business psychology at Cologne University of Applied Sciences and Bratislava University, Slovakia.
Content
- Intro
- Title
- Preface
- Foreword to the Third Edition
- Content
- 1 How the System Evolved: History, Principles and Reforms
- 1.1 History
- 1.2 Principles and Corporatism
- 1.3 Recent Reforms
- 2 Structures & People
- 2.1 Governmental Structures
- 2.2 Self-Governing Structures
- 2.3 Hospitals and Professionals
- 2.4 Responding to a New Infectious Disease: The Case of the COVID-19 Epidemic
- 3 Quality, Outcomes, and Efficiency
- 3.1 Utilization and Quality of Care
- 3.2 Digitalization of the German Health Care System
- 3.3 Managing Quality of Care
- 4 Financing
- 4.1 Structures & Principles of Social Security
- 4.2 Current Status of SHI and PHI
- 4.3 Flow of Funds and Spending Patterns
- 5 Paying Providers and New Models of Providing Care
- 5.1 Paying Hospitals
- 5.2 Paying for Outpatient Care
- 5.3 New Models of Providing Care
- 6 The Health Care Industry
- 6.1 Health Care Regions and Hospitals
- 6.2 Pharmaceuticals and Medical Technology
- 6.3 Trade Fairs and Promotion
- 6.4 Legal Framework
- 7 Appendix
- 7.1 Abbreviations
- 7.2 Index
- 7.3 References and Further Readings
- 7.4 About the Editors and Contributors
