title: [Quality assurance after the Health Reform Legislation].
abstract: The German Health Insurance Reform including a recodified legislation on sickness insurance, is often mainly discussed from the viewpoint of cost reduction. But the reform also creates important incentives to safeguard the quality of health care. A description of the quality assurance system based on the German statutory sickness insurance is given and completed by references to practical approaches to attain the political goals.
authors.affiliation: Bundesverband der Betriebskrankenkassen, Essen.
authors.forename: H
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Sendler
mesh_terms: D003695:Delivery of Health Care / Q000592:standards*; D005858:Germany; D006801:Humans; D007348:Insurance, Health / Q000331:legislation & jurisprudence*; D011785:Quality Assurance, Health Care / Q000331:legislation & jurisprudence*
vernacular_title: Qualitätssicherung nach Gesundheitsreform.