The Migration of managerial innovation : diagnosis-related groups and health care administration in Western Europe

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The Migration of managerial innovation : diagnosis-related groups and health care administration in Western Europe

John R. Kimberly, Gérard de Pouvourville and associates

(Jossey-Bass health series)(The Jossey-Bass management series)

Jossey-Bass Publishers, c1993

1st ed

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Includes bibliographical references and index

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Why does a given innovation become more widely accepted and used in one country than in another? To what extent are differences attributable to cultural traits, political policies, or other factors? This book looks at how an innovation in health care financing and administration, which originated in the United States was greeted by numerous western European countries. In 11 chapters, European experts offer an in-depth examination of the rate, degree and manner in which their countries adapted to Diagnosis-Related Groups (DRGs), an innovation adopted by the US government to create incentives for increased hospital efficiency. Comparing and contrasting the varying levels of resources and activity committed to this innovation, this book provides a range of insights for those involved in managing and promoting innovation. In "The Migration of Managerial Innovation" health care experts from Belgium, Denmark, England, France, Germany, Norway, Portugal, Switzerland and Sweden offer a brief description of the way health care is organized and financed - and a detailed examination of the fates of DRGs - within their own countries.

Table of Contents

  • Managerial innovation, migration and DRGs, John R. Kimberly and Gerard de Pouvourville
  • England - ten years of diffusion and development, James M. Coles
  • Belgium - steady and incremental activity, Francis Roger
  • France - the introduction of case-based hospital management, Gerard de Pouvourville
  • Sweden - a health care model in transition, Eric M. Paulson
  • Switzerland - diffusion and the Canton system, Bernhard J. Guntert et al
  • Portugal - national commitment and the implementation of DRGs, Joao Urbano et al
  • Norway - innovation and the political agenda, Torbjorg Hogsnes
  • Denmark - continuing development and potential alternative directions, Anita Alban
  • Germany - an outsider in DRG development, Gunter Neubauer
  • DRGs in Western Europe - lessons and comparisons in managerial innovation, John R. Kimberly.

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