Planning and decision-making to develop performance contracts in Swiss public and private hospitals.
The Planning Department of the health authority for the Canton of Basel-Stadt has decided to develop a process of planning and decision-making to install performance contracts between them and the acute hospitals situated in the canton. In part I, a short description of the Swiss health system is given, followed by an analysis of the situation in the Canton of Basel-Stadt. The second and main part describes the process of planning and decision-making to achieve performance contracts for public and private hospitals.
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Research Center for Management of Health Services, University of St. Gallen, Switzerland.
Güntert
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D000553:Ambulatory Care; D002391:Catchment Area, Health / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D003284:Contract Services / Q000458:organization & administration*; D003625:Data Collection; D003659:Decision Making, Organizational; D003710:Demography; D016304:Hospitals, Private / Q000458:organization & administration* / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D006779:Hospitals, Public / Q000458:organization & administration* / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D007348:Insurance, Health; D017146:Models, Organizational; D010934:Planning Techniques; D013557:Switzerland