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Excerpt from The Doctrine of the Church: Outline Notes Based on Luthardt and Krauth Christian Ministry. In this little book we confine ourselves mainly to the first of these six divisions, to the doctrine OF the church. The whole field of Christian truth is in some form or other involved in the doctrine of the Church. It is the great question of the day, and most diverse views are held by earnest followers of Christ. It is impossible to discuss this important topic without entering the field of Polemics and although Dogmatics proper has to do mainly with the conception of the Church according to her internal essence, and while the discussion of the outward relations of the Church, her attitu...
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This textbook on Healthcare Management provides a systematic and comprehensive overview of the organisational forms and management instruments implemented in managed care. Within the international discussion on the structure of healthcare systems, managed care is an increasingly important topic. Over more than twenty years managed care approaches have fundamentally influenced healthcare systems in terms of patient orientation, efficiency, and quality. Experts assume that up to 20% of healthcare expenses can be saved by applying high-quality managed care approaches. By using suitable organisational forms and management principles, not only can costs be reduced, but the quality of medical service provision can be augmented. Managed care is therefore much more than a cost-cutting strategy. Advocates consider managed care to be a logical and necessary developmental step in modern healthcare systems. An increase in quality and at the same time a reduction of costs is not seen as contradictory but rather as consistent. Therefore, managed care is a response to changed challenges in the provision of healthcare.
This handbook shares profound insights into the main principles and concepts of integrated care. It offers a multi-disciplinary perspective with a focus on patient orientation, efficiency, and quality by applying widely recognized management approaches to the field of healthcare. The handbook also highlights international best practices and shows how integrated care can work in various health systems. In the majority of health systems around the world, the delivery of healthcare and social care is characterised by fragmentation and complexity. Consequently, much of the recent international discussion in the fields of health policy and health management has focused on the topic of integrated ...