TY  - JOUR
A1  - Raewer, Henrik
A1  - Braun von Reinersdorff, Andrea
A1  - Ochotta, T.
A1  - Rasche, Christoph
T1  - Market and competitive positioning of specialized practices
JF  - UROLOGE
N2  - The provision of outpatient services will be confronted by increased market concentration. Under these circumstances, individual medical practices are predicted to have a minimal chance for survival since by nature the specialized physician can only accommodate the considerably heterogeneous needs of the patients up to justifiable limits. Due to patients’ higher rate of mobility in the elective process, specialty physicians in rural areas are obliged to transform their practices into professional service enterprises. While hospitals are attempting to combat a continuing economization of the health care sector, in part by applying aggressive leadership and management methods, an increasing polarization can be noted in the outpatient setting. Also in the field of urology, patients consider themselves medical treatment clients who are unwilling to be relegated to cases of the often criticized"5-minute medicine.".
KW  - Market positioning
KW  - Competitive positioning
KW  - Specialty practices
KW  - Outpatient care
KW  - Patient mobility
Y1  - 2011
U6  - https://doi.org/10.1007/s00120-011-2745-x
SN  - 0340-2592
VL  - 50
IS  - 12
SP  - 1550
EP  - 1559
PB  - SPRINGER HEIDELBERG
CY  - HEIDELBERG
ER  -