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You are here > Home > Reading Lists > Physician Executive & Practice Management > Towards a 21st Century Health System: The Contributions and Promise of Prepaid Group Practices Toward a 21st Century Health System: The Contributions and Promise of Prepaid Group Practice edited by Alain Enthoven, Laura Tollen, William Roper Hardcover: 336 pages ISBN 0787973092 Jossey-Bass March 2004 (click below for the very best currently available price for this title) "This book should be required reading for every physician in the United States." - Health Affairs This book is a collection of thoughtful analyses that explore a key element of the health care delivery system physician group practices. Edited by policy experts Alain Enthoven and Laura Tollen, and written by a blue ribbon panel of health policy scholars and leaders including Stephen Shortell, Hal Luft, Donald Berwick, James Robinson, and Helen Darling, this resource addresses a variety of topics, including  Organized delivery systems Quality of care in prepaid group practice versus other types of managed care The role of physician leadership The role of culture in group practice Prepaid group practice and the formation of national health policy Read an excerpt of this book. “A brief review cannot do justice to the range of issues explored in this volume… Toward a 21st Century Health System repays careful study.” Health Service Journal, April 2004 This comprehensive resource also covers such topics as pharmacy benefit management, technology assessment, health services research, and employer purchasing of benefits - all as they relate to prepaid group practice. Alain C. Enthoven is Marriner S. Eccles Professor of Public and Private Management (Emeritus), Graduate School of Business, and Senior Fellow, Center for Health Policy, Stanford University. He was an architect of the managed competition model of health reform, subsequently adopted by President Clinton in the Health Security Act of 1996. Laura A. Tollen is senior policy consultant for the Kaiser Permanente Institute for Health Policy.  She works on issues related to insurance market structure and functioning. (information from the publisher) You may also be interested in / The Directory of Healthcare Recruiters / Jump to a List / Health Administration & Leadership / Physician Executive, Medical Staff & Practice Management / Finance, Accounting, Economics, Billing & Reimbursement / Coding for Hospital, Physician & Clinical Services / Law, Malpractice, Ethics, Accreditation & Compliance / Quality Improvement, Outcomes & Customer Service / Risk Management, Security, Error Reduction & Patient Safety / Information Systems, Technology & Medical Records / Clinical Management & Executive Nursing / Behavioral Health, Social Work & Psychiatry Management / Human Resources, Management & Supervision / Directories, Data, Trends & Benchmarks / Software & CD-ROMs / Gift Ideas & Recommended Gifts / Journals, Magazines & Newsletters / Search for Books / Books Index / Go Back to Pages / Home Page / Toolbox for Health Administrators / Bookstore