 Integrated Care in Germany: Evolution and Scaling Up of the Population-Based Integrated Healthcare System “Healthy Kinzigtal”Oliver Groene () and
Helmut Hildebrandt ()
Chapter 73 in Handbook of Integrated Care, 2025, pp 1405-1419 from Springer Abstract: Abstract “Gesundes Kinzigtal” is the flagship model of an Integrated Health Care System and the only fully population-based system in Germany that has been subject to rigorous external evaluation. It is based on the IHI Triple-Aim model, simultaneously pursuing to improve patient experience of care and population health and reducing per capita cost of health care. At its core is a value-oriented population-based shared savings contract. Two central evaluation studies demonstrate the success of “Gesundes Kinzigtal,” (i) a survey among the insured regarding their perceived health, satisfaction, and health behavior and (ii) an analysis of the over-, under-, and misutilization of health services, based on the analysis of routinely available health claims data from the Social Health Insurance. Based on these experiences, OptiMedis (the management company behind “Gesundes Kinzigtal”) initiated similar integrated care networks in three further areas. Recent modeling of the OECD on the OptiMedis networks suggests that substantial improvements in outcomes and efficiency can be gained from further scaling up the model. Date: 2025 There are no downloads for this item, see the EconPapers FAQ for hints about obtaining it. Related works: Export reference: BibTeX RIS (EndNote, ProCite, RefMan) HTML/Text Persistent link: https://EconPapers.repec.org/RePEc:spr:sprchp:978-3-031-96286-8_69 Ordering information: This item can be ordered from DOI: 10.1007/978-3-031-96286-8_69 Access Statistics for this chapter More chapters in Springer Books from Springer |
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