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Strategic Management and Integrated Care in a Competitive Environment

In: Handbook Integrated Care

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  • Volker Amelung

    (Institute for Epidemology, Social Medicine and Health System Research, Medical School Hannover
    inav - Institute for Applied Health Services Research)

  • Sebastian Himmler

    (inav - Institute for Applied Health Services Research
    University of Bayreuth)

  • Viktoria Stein

    (International Foundation for Integrated Care)

Abstract

Few integrated care-related issues depend on health system design as much as the question of integrated care as a strategic option. The question is whether integrated care is a suitable competitive positioning strategy in a competition-oriented health care system. For example, a hospital can consider whether it should expand into upstream and/or downstream service sectors in order to improve its strategic position. In addition to improving patient care, other potential targets of focus may include the growth of market share, the creation of barriers to entry for competitors, capacity utilization, the use of synergy potentials, product line expansion, risk diversification and entry into more profitable market segments. Integrated care in this context is regarded as an instrument for achieving pre-defined objectives.

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  • Volker Amelung & Sebastian Himmler & Viktoria Stein, 2017. "Strategic Management and Integrated Care in a Competitive Environment," Springer Books, in: Volker Amelung & Viktoria Stein & Nicholas Goodwin & Ran Balicer & Ellen Nolte & Esther Suter (ed.), Handbook Integrated Care, chapter 9, pages 133-147, Springer.
    • Handle: RePEc:spr:sprchp:978-3-319-56103-5_9
    DOI: 10.1007/978-3-319-56103-5_9
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