Toward a 21st Century Health System

<p><i>Toward a 21^st Century Health System</i> 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</p> <ul> <li>Organized delivery systems</li> <li>Quality of care in prepaid group practice versus other types of managed care</li> <li>The role of physician leadership and culture in group practice</li> <li>Prepaid group practice and the formation of national health policy</li> </ul> <p>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.</p>