Describes the joint efforts of the German health plan KKH and Essen University Hospital to develop an integrated practice unit (IPU) and the efforts of the West German Headache Center to improve the quality of migraine care. Overview of the German Health System detailing the provider, health plan, and compensation structure. After a new law in 2004 that allowed health plans and individual providers to contract outside the usual group buying scheme, KKH and Dr. Deiner Essen University Hospital has developed a new delivery structure migraine relief. Challenges and obstacles to the implementation described in both health plan and MS. Provides detailed information to enable students to assess progress, identify current issues and to recommend improvements in the integrated system of care. "Hide
by Michael E. Porter, Clemens Guth, Elisa Dannemiller Source: Harvard Business School 26 pages. Publication date: 07 May 2007. Prod. #: 707559-PDF-ENG
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