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

Based on a Workshop of the Forum on Emerging Infections,Institute of Medicine,National Academy of Sciences

Managed Care Systems and Emerging Infections: Challenges and Opportunities for Strengthening Surveillance, Research, and Prevention Workshop Summary
Format
Paperback
Publisher
National Academies Press
Country
United States
Published
15 January 2000
Pages
128
ISBN
9780309068284

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

Based on a Workshop of the Forum on Emerging Infections,Institute of Medicine,National Academy of Sciences

This workshop summary report from the Institute of Medicine’s Forum on Emerging Infections examines how the managed care revolution has created both problems and opportunities in the fight against infectious disease. It highlights ways in which managed care systems can:
– Aid research.
– Develop clinical guidelines.
– Manage the use of antibiotics.
– Support public education efforts.
– Monitor the spread of emerging infections and microbial resistance.

It will be important to anyone involved in the battle to control and eradicate infectious diseases.

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