1. The Managerial Revolution in the U.S. Health Care Sector: Lessons from the U.S. Economy
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Regina E. Herzlinger
- Subjects
Economic growth ,Leadership and Management ,Cost-Benefit Analysis ,Strategy and Management ,Health Care Sector ,Hospitals, Special ,Health administration ,Cost Savings ,Health care ,Business sector ,Economics ,Humans ,Institutional Management Teams ,Economic Competition ,Multi-Institutional Systems ,Economic competition ,Delivery of Health Care, Integrated ,business.industry ,Health Policy ,Managed Care Programs ,U s economy ,Health services research ,Consumer Behavior ,Surgical procedures ,United States ,Managed care ,Health Services Research ,business - Abstract
The U.S. health care sector is following the path of the revitalized U.S. economy with the creation of focused health care factories that provide coordinated care primarily for high-cost chronic diseases, disabilities, and surgical procedures, and with increased response to the demands of hard-working, well-educated Americans for convenience and support. Everything-for-everybody vertically integrated systems and managed care organizations will be sorely tested by these efficient, consumer-friendly innovations. This managerial revolution will create substantial opportunities for important health care administration research.
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- 1998
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