ASPECTS OF THE THEORETICAL APPLICATION OF THE IDENTITY TRIANGLE OF INSTITUTIONS TO THE THREE TYPES OF MEDICAL CARE CENTRES
Introduction: Studies relating to the topic of “medical care centres” clearly reveal that there are fundamentally three different types of health medical care centre in Germany. The usual medical care centre/partnership company, the usual medical care centre/corporation and the medical care centre of the company. Objectives: The aim of this paper is to explore the topic more deeply on the basis of fundamental institution-theory principles and to illustrate interrelationships between the three types and institutional economics. Methodology: As a research method, a deductive approach is taken to eveal modeltheory interrelationships and to present them descriptively. Conclusion: This paper is able to demonstrate economic interrelationships for the medical care centre; it should also be emphasised that the medical care centre constitutes a forward-thinking structure in the German healthcare system that can, however, also serve as a future model for other European countries.
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