Managed Care Systems and Emerging Infections: Challenges and Opportunities for Strengthening Surveillance, Research, and Prevention, Workshop Summary

Managed Care Systems and Emerging Infections: Challenges and Opportunities for Strengthening Surveillance, Research, and Prevention, Workshop Summary
ISBN-10
0309172284
ISBN-13
9780309172288
Category
Medical
Pages
128
Language
English
Published
2000-01-11
Publisher
National Academies Press
Authors
Institute of Medicine, Division of Health Sciences Policy, Forum on Emerging Infections

Description

Managed Care Systems and Emerging Infections: Challenges and Opportunities for Strengthening Surveillance, Research, and Prevention Jonathan R. Davis, Editor; Based on a Workshop of the Forum on Emerging Infections, Institute of Medicine This workshop summary report from the IOM Forum on Emerging Infections, Managed Care Systems and Emerging Infections: Challenges and Opportunities for Strenghening Surveillance, Research and Prevention This book examines how the managed care revolution has created both problems and opportunities in the fight against infectious diseases. It highlights ways in which managed care systems can aid research, develop clinical guidelines, manage the use of antibiotics, support public education efforts, and monitor the spread of emerging infections and microbial resistance.

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