Managed Care Systems and Emerging Infections

Managed Care Systems and Emerging Infections

Challenges and Opportunities for Strengthening Surveillance, Research, and Prevention: Workshop Summary

  • Author: Davis, Jonathan R.
  • Publisher: National Academies Press
  • ISBN: 9780309068284
  • eISBN Pdf: 9780309593885
  • eISBN Epub: 9780309172288
  • Place of publication:  United States
  • Year of digital publication: 2000
  • Month: January
  • Pages: 128
  • DDC: 614
  • Language: English

This workshop summary report examines how the managed care revolution has created both problems and opportunities in the fight against infectious diseases. It highlights ways in which managed care systems can aid research, develop clinical guidelines, manage the use of antibiotics, support public education efforts, and monitor the spread of emerging infections and microbial resistance.

  • Cover
  • Front Matter
  • Summary
  • 1 Introduction
  • 2 Conducting Basic and Clinical Research in the Managed Care Setting
  • 3 Clinical Practice Guidelines
  • 4 Surveillance and Monitoring
  • 5 Education and Outreach
  • 6 Drug Formularies
  • 7 Concluding Remarks
  • References
  • Appendix A: Veterans Health Administration and Infectious Disease
  • Appendix B: Glossary and Acronyms
  • Appendix C: Workshop Agenda
  • Appendix D: Forum Member and Staff Biographies

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