title: [Modern supplying concepts--what has been achieved with medical supplying centers].
abstract: In the first quarter of this year, the number of medical supplying centers rose from around 50 to 126, and in September 2005, 192 medical supplying centers existed in Germany. These medical supplying centers predominantly include working groups of physician communities. The number of medical supplying centers with working groups in hospitals will continue to increase. A medical establishment wave is however not expected. The investment and initial costs represent a high risk. Established physicians often feel a medical supplying center as competition. The hospital must consider the effects on the number of patients being referred as a carrier medical supplying center therefore compellingly. The medical supplying center extends the forms of the ambulatory care. They cannot guarantee complete covering supply. The establishment of medical supplying centers does not have recognizable effects on the problem of a lack of physicians in the new states of the Federal Republic.
authors.affiliation: Krankenhausgesellschaft Sachsen e. V., Humboldstrasse 2a, 04105 Leipzig.
authors.forename: F
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: München
mesh_terms: D000554:Ambulatory Care Facilities / Q000191:economics / Q000600:supply & distribution*; D017046:Cost Savings / Q000639:trends; D019033:Delivery of Health Care, Integrated / Q000191:economics / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D004465:Economic Competition / Q000639:trends; D005544:Forecasting; D005858:Germany; D006770:Hospitals, Group Practice / Q000191:economics / Q000600:supply & distribution; D006801:Humans; D009313:National Health Programs / Q000191:economics / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*