Comparing Medical Productivity between Germany and the US

Han de Vries; Dana P. Goldman; Geoffrey Joyce

doi:10.5771/9783845211794

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Comparing Medical Productivity between Germany and the US

An Assessment of Differences and Trends in Costs, Treatments and Outcomes for Acute Myocardial Infarction and Colorectal Cancer

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Series:: Beiträge zum Gesundheitsmanagement, Volume 23
Publisher:: 2008

Summary

Die vorliegende Studie, die von der RAND Health Division im Auftrag der Techniker Krankenkasse durchgeführt wurde, zeigt anhand von zwei untersuchten Krankheitsbildern auf, wie sich die Behandlungsqualität in den Gesundheitssystemen der USA und Deutschlands verbessern und die Effizienz steigern lässt.

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Copyright year: 2008
ISBN-Print: 978-3-8329-3915-1
ISBN-Online: 978-3-8452-1179-4
Publisher: Nomos, Baden-Baden
Series: Beiträge zum Gesundheitsmanagement
Volume: 23
Language: English
Pages: 198
Product type: Book Titles

Titelei/Inhaltsverzeichnis No access Pages 2 - 20
1. Objectives and Research Questions No access Pages 21 - 23
2. Relevance No access Pages 23 - 24
3. Summary of Key Findings No access Pages 24 - 24
4. Organization of the Remainder of the Report No access Pages 24 - 26
1. 1. Treatment of Colorectal Cancer No access Pages 27 - 28
  2. Treatment of AMI No access Pages 28 - 29
2. 1. Estimating Cost No access Pages 29 - 30
  2. 1. Variations in Cost Estimates No access
    2. Factors that Determine the Costs of Colorectal Cancer No access
  3. 1. Variations in Cost Estimates No access
    2. Factors that Determine the Costs of AMI No access
3. 1. The German Health Care System No access Pages 34 - 35
  2. The US Health Care System No access Pages 35 - 36
  3. A Rough Comparison of the Two Systems No access Pages 36 - 38
1. 1. General Characteristics No access Pages 39 - 41
  2. Data Transformations No access Pages 41 - 43
2. Study Sample No access Pages 43 - 44
3. 1. Total Costs of Disease Treatment No access Pages 44 - 48
  2. Treatment and Diagnostic Procedures No access Pages 48 - 49
  3. Prices No access Pages 49 - 49
  4. Outcomes No access Pages 49 - 50
1. Demographics No access Pages 51 - 52
2. 1. Co-morbidities Identified by ICD codes No access Pages 52 - 57
  2. Co-morbdities Identified by Prescription Drug Use No access Pages 57 - 60
3. Total Costs No access Pages 60 - 61
4. Treatments No access Pages 61 - 67
5. Prices No access Pages 67 - 69
6. Outcomes No access Pages 69 - 69
7. Quality of Care No access Pages 69 - 72
1. Costs No access Pages 73 - 78
2. Treatments No access Pages 78 - 83
3. Readmissions and Mortality No access Pages 83 - 86
1. Cost Differences between the US and Germany No access Pages 87 - 89
2. Explaining cost differences No access Pages 89 - 90
3. Other explanations of cost differences No access Pages 90 - 91
4. Outcomes No access Pages 91 - 92
5. Study limitations No access Pages 92 - 94
1. Conclusion No access Pages 95 - 96
2. Recommendations No access Pages 96 - 98
Literature No access Pages 99 - 100
Matching of Procedures No access Pages 101 - 106
Matching of Co-morbidities No access Pages 107 - 122
Cost Models No access Pages 123 - 158
Models for Treatments, Length of Stay and Readmissions No access Pages 159 - 172
Models for Prices No access Pages 173 - 194
Acknowledgement No access Pages 195 - 196
Authors No access Pages 197 - 198