Inhalt des Dokuments
Disease Management Programs – Time to evaluate
Autor | Blümel Miriam, Busse R |
Verlag | Health Policy Monitor, April 2009 |
Zusammenfassung
In 2003 the first disease management programs (DMPs) were implemented in the German statutory health insurance system to improve care of chronic disease. Participation in DMPs was a separate category in the risk structure compensation scheme, giving sickness funds a strong incentive to implement them. After morbidity-oriented risk structure compensation was introduced in 2009, DMPs in Germany will depend solely on their ability to improve quality of care for patients with chronic conditions.