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

By National Research Council

This workshop summary report 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.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0309068282
• ISBN13: 9780309068284
• Release Date: February 2000
• Publisher: National Academies Press
• Length: 127 Pages
• Weight: 0.40 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.4" x 6.0" x 9.0"