Health systems and services Books
Nova Science Publishers Inc Medicaid Spending by States: Variations &
Book SynopsisMedicaid is a means-tested entitlement program that finances the delivery of primary and acute medical services as well as long-term care. Medicaid is jointly funded by the federal government and the states. The federal government''s share of a state''s expenditures is called the federal medical assistance percentage (FMAP) rate. The remainder is referred to as the nonfederal share, or state share. Estimates of Medicaid spending developed from Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) data sources suggest wide variation among states in Medicaid spending per enrollee, overall and for each of four main eligibility groupschildren, adults, disabled, and aged. This book examines Medicaid spending per enrollee by state; selected factors that influence Medicaid spending per enrollee, by state; and how states account for factors that influence expected per-enrollee spending when setting rates for Medicaid managed care plans.
£122.99
Nova Science Publishers Inc State Childrens Health Insurance Program:
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Nova Science Publishers Inc Managerial Solutions to Hospitals' Challenges
Book SynopsisIn the attempt to provide a global vision of the challenges faced by hospitals, this book analyses the dense network of rules and expectations coming from institutions, patients and professionals in which healthcare organisations are embedded. The numerous changes that have occurred within a large part of the healthcare systems during the last 20 years, have determined important consequences, which have been promptly faced by managers. Uncertainty, rules, and innovations are just some of the main ingredients of the challenges to be tackled, whereas mimicry, legitimacy and diffusion of managerial fashions are some of the core strategies implemented to face them. Hospitals survival depends on the ability to intercept on time and to accomplish quickly the external expectations. The role of managers is to create a workplace in which changes are possible. Individual and organisational work value congruence can facilitate it by improving the quality of communication, the degree of trust in hospitals'' missions, and physicians'' and nurses'' knowledge of the processes. Hospital challenges reach up to the single physician, often asking him/her to play new and conflicting roles. The "new" physician needs to balance his/her time to accomplish ambiguous expectations, to fulfill heterogeneous tasks, and to compete for scarce resources in order to embrace the changes. In this vein, physicians'' negotiation skills assume a strategic role for the successful running of hospitals.
£148.79
Health Administration Press The Global Healthcare Manager: Competencies,
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Health Administration Press The Healthcare Quality Book: Vision, Strategy, and Tools
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Nova Science Publishers Inc Driving Hospitals Towards Performance: Practical
Book SynopsisHospitals, just like orchestras, are made up of many "instruments" which play their notes on their own, yet within a broader symphony. If even one instrument fails in doing its part, or if the orchestra director leaves even one of them behind, the overall symphony will just not sound right and the final performance will be ruined. This book is aimed at providing practical guidance to hospital managers who are called to implement complex organizational transformations. In doing so, they must take into account a high number of managerial tools and dynamics which should not be overlooked. Failing to do so may negatively affect their long-term success in reaching strategic objectives. Hospitals do not have violins, drums, and trumpets, but they do have departments, clinical wards, clinical pathways, and functional units. Moreover, their professionals must carry out different activities such as assisting patients, reporting their actions, communicating and, more and more frequently, managing parts of the hospitals themselves. Not only physicians are in charge of these aspects. Nurses and other clinical and non-clinical professionals are co-responsible, facing frequent changes in the number and type of activities they must perform. In this context, hospital managers must design organizational charts and implement them by distributing resources and responsibilities, by setting and monitoring objectives, and by assessing the performance of units. They must motivate their staff and ensure an effective use of technology. Yet, although healthcare management is widely studied worldwide, it is rare to find contributions with such a broad and holistic point of view. Although each aspect and item of hospital management is key in reaching organizational success, the risk of overlooking one or more of them is high. Specifically, if management fails in directing all its tools towards its objectives, the chances of reaching outstanding performance are poor. Managerial tools must be used in an integrated and coherent way as multiple components of a single managerial strategy.Table of ContentsAcknowledgments; Introduction; Understanding the Role of Hospitals within Healthcare Systems; How are Hospitals Changing? Their Transition from Vertical to Horizontal Organizational Models; Managing a Hospital is like Conducting an Orchestra; Measuring Hospital Performance; Seizing the Orchestras Symphony: Driving All Managerial Tools Towards a Common Goal; About the Author; Index.
£72.24
Hammersmith Health Books The New Alchemists: The Rise of Deceptive
Book SynopsisHow to identify and see through deceptive and unethical health marketing practices Health scams come in all shapes and sizes-from the suppression of side-effects from prescription drugs to the unproven benefits of 'traditional' health practices-taking advantage of the human tendency to assume good intentions in others. So how do we avoid being deceived? Professor of Nursing, Bernie Garrett explores real-world examples of medical malpractice, pseudo and deceptive health science, dietary and celebrity health fads, deception in alternative medicine and problems with current healthcare regulation, ending with a simple health-scam detection kit. And he looks at how these practices and ineffective regulations affect our lives.Table of ContentsIntroduction (The art of the con; Are we obsessed with our health? Science in the age of alternative health; Trust me, I'm not a doctor; Where's the harm? I want to believe) ; Bad medicine (The rise of modern medicine; Big Pharma; Dubious private clinics; A matter of trust; Ineffective remedies and diagnoses; Major medical blunders; Conspiracy theories - just because you're paranoid...; Is modern medicine safe?) ; Health scams (What is a health scam? The nature of deception; A profusion of health scams and devious practices; Pandemic scams; Conspiratorial thinking); Alternative medicine (The alternative medicine business; What's in a name; Integrative medicine and research; Alternative medicine and health claims; Is it safe? Regulation and education; A growing phenomenon); Health, fame and fortune (Success and irrationality; Health and celebrity; Celebrities and the anti-vaccination crisis; Absolute certainty - tunnel vision and success; Cargo cult thinking; A matter of trust; Are we all gullible? Who is the target? Mixing it up with half truths; Science, but not as we know it; Naturally it's good for you; Clinical significance and importance; Make it simple; Social influence; The rise of social media; Internet health scams; The psychology of scanning and susceptibility to persuasion; Risk of deception; Trust and maintaining authority) ; We will make you like our products; Conclusion: who do you trust? (The myth of perfect health; Being proactive about health; Avoiding ineffective interventions; Regression to the mean and the trajectory of illnesses; The power of placebo and nocebo; Taking back charge of your health)
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Clinical Press Ltd History of Medicine, Money & Politics: Riding the
Book Synopsis60 years of the UK's National Health Service and the NHS is treating more people than ever and the population is living longer, healthier lives. That's the good news. But what about the bad news? Most histories of medicine concentrate on 'who invented what' or on the lives of great medical figures. This history looks at the effect on medical science of politics, religion, money supply and social mores. Illustrated throughout by the very coins with which the the medical staff may have been paid this book is a reminder that medicine has never been free. Someone has to pay for it and in most developed countries that someone is, at least in part, the taxpayer. Are we getting value for money and would another system provide a better service? Having examined the history of State Medicine the book looks in depth at the problems facing the NHS and compares them with healthcare delivery in other developed nations from around the world. State medicine with all its warts! Celebrating the 60th anniversary of the NHS in a critical but balanced manner!Trade Review"It is to Professor Goddards credit that he does not trade on his international reputation as a radiologist, or a pioneer of Magnetic Resonance Imaging. In fact., his specialty is barely alluded to, Instead he is everymans Virgil, guiding the reader through a medical timeline." -- B Kelly, Consultant Radiologist, The Royal Hospitals, Belfast.Table of ContentsPreface; Introduction -- Medicine in Prehistoric Times and in the Ancient World; Medicine in the Middle Ages; Medicine in the Early Modern Period; Modern medicine and the build up to the UK National Health Service; The Welfare State; Reorganisation and industrial action in the 1970s; Fundamental Changes in the NHS; How does the NHS compare with the Health Services in other Countries?; Successes in the present day NHS but also ethical dilemmas in a rationed health service; The Medical profession and the NHS: what went wrong?; Medical Error and Negligence, The Witch-hunt and Suspension; Why do some doctors find it so hard to work in the present political climate?; Dentistry and Nursing; Political whim and fancy; What has gone wrong with the patients?; State Medicine: The Future; Index.
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Worth Publishing Care for Dying People with Learning Disabilities:
Book SynopsisThe majority of people with learning disabilities are likely to die whilst living in a service setting. This book, written by practitioners in the field, offers practical advice, and aims to raise the awareness of everyone involved in enabling people with learning disabilities to be treated with respect and dignity as they approach death.Table of ContentsPART 1: WHEN WATER BECOMES A GLOBAL COMMODITY: 1. Mountain Water: A Commodity for Saudi Businessmen; 2. England and Wales: Where It All Began; 3. Two Global Giants; 4. The Water War in Cochabamba; 5. Tucuman, Argentina: A Storm of Protest; 6. Among Poor People in Rosario and Buenos Aires; 7. The Privatization Flagship is Sinking; 8. South Africa: Shezi Stole Water. PART 2: PRIVATE ALTERNATIVES: FOR AND AGAINST: 9. Companies and their Strategies; 10. The World Bank Promotes Private Solutions; 11. Ghana faces Public Private Partnerships; 12. Kenya: Twenty Children Wait for a Well; 13. The Global Water Club; 14. Suez and Veolia: We Do Not Intend to Take Any Risks!; 15. The Protest Movement; 16. Local Authorities Not Ripe For Managing the Process; 17. 'Our Goal: Good Public Options'; 18. 'Too Much Secrecy Around GATS'; 19. An Inexhaustible Source of Information; 20. Public-Public Partnerships; 21. Other Voices and Opinions. PART 3: HOW WATER PRIVATISATION EFFECTS PEOPLE IN THE RICH COUNTRIES: 22. Europe: A Growing Market?; 23. Back to England and Wales. PART 4: People and Corporations; 24. Why Care?; 25. A Revealing Stakeholder Report; 26. Water: An Unlimited Fountain of Engagement
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TFM Publishing Ltd Getting to Grips with Clinical Governance
Book SynopsisThe launch of clinical governance in the late 1990s was accompanied by a measure of excitement although, at that stage, it was impossible to determine whether this was really to be the start of a quality-driven revolution in healthcare. Since its inception, much has been done to turn the concepts behind clinical governance into practical reality. Have these efforts been successful? Many would argue that the jury is still out. The authors have approached the topic from the diverse backgrounds offered by urological surgery, general practice and public health medicine. The result is a commentary on the evolution of clinical governance that has the firm anchors of practicality and realism. The book looks at clinical governance from the perspective of the practising clinician and explains what clinical governance has to offer them. Doctors, nurses, therapists and managers should all find something of interest and practical value within these pages.
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LWW A Guide to Advancing Graduate Medical Education
Book SynopsisA Guide to Advancing Graduate Medical Education for All is a textbook that serves as a comprehensive resource for anyone involved in promoting equity and inclusion in medical education and health care. Developed by the Accreditation Council for Graduate Medical Education (ACGME), this unique resource provides a foundational understanding of diversity, equity, inclusion, and antiracism issues, making it an invaluable tool for administrators, educators, residents, fellows, and students alike. All of the contributing authors are distinguished thought leaders in medical education from across the country. This text offers a framework for continuous learning and process improvement, guiding efforts to increase workforce diversity, build safe and inclusive environments, and promote health equity by addressing health care inequities and population health. Comprehensive Perspective written by contributing authors who are preeminent thought leaders in medical education. Case-driven chapters provide action-oriented strategies for assessing and transforming educational environments and implementing change. Inclusive for all, this text was designed for administrators, faculty members, residents, fellows, and DEI leaders to promote health equity and inclusive learning environments.
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John Libbey Eurotext Hospitals & the Nursing Profession: Lessons from
Book SynopsisHospital systems throughout the developed world are undergoing waves of reform which seek to address multiple challenges of intensifying acuity, such as population ageing, technological advance, heightened expectations on the part of increasingly informed patients, the reduction of public spending deficits and the specialisation of staff, especially nurses, as well as the difficulty in establishing appropriate incentives for change and improved performance. Within such a context, the purpose of this book is to analyse the interaction between the nursing professions and hospital institutions in France and Japan, taking as its starting point the conviction that comparative analysis of empirical reality in each of these countries will provide new insights into the transformations currently taking place. To that end, the material in this study has been contributed by an international, interdisciplinary team of experts, combining economic, sociological, political and historical perspectives, which are brought to bear upon evidence from original research carried out in both countries. The findings reveal that the relationship between the nursing profession and hospital structures in Japan is characterised by the predominance of a domestic logic, rooted in dependence upon the institution and the promotion of supposedly feminine qualities, in sharp contrast with the French situation, where industrial and professional logics prevail, entailing specialisation, independent initiative and increasing workloads. From this perspective, the future development of the nursing profession in Japan is inextricably linked to the forms taken by the process of women''s emancipation, whereas in France, it is the evolution of hospital structures, of the position of nurses in the healthcare system and of the division of labour within the world of medicine which emerge as the determining factors. In order to highlight French and Japanese particularities for the Anglophone reader, the book also features numerous socio-historical points of comparison with developments in the United Kingdom.
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Sarup & Son Social work practices in health and medical
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Deep & Deep Publications Public Health Policy and Administration
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Bookwell Publications Health, Nutrition and Morbidity: A Study of
Book SynopsisThis book is all about carrying pregnancy in Eastern India. This study explains the social aspects and behavioral pattern during pregnancy in respect to nutrition, health and treatment seeking.
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Bookwell Publications Towards a Healthy Future? Indian and Global
Book SynopsisLiberty Institute is a think tank promoting individual rights, rule of law, limited government, and free market. It conducts research, advocacy, and events on public policy issues. Established in 1996, it focuses on development economics, education, environment, health, security, trade, and citizen participation in democracy.
£29.99
SBS Publishers Global Trends in Health & Medical Tourism
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Isha Books Community Participation in Health Management
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University Press of Southern Denmark Distribution of Health & Health Care: An Analysis
Book SynopsisThis thesis is an empirical investigation of the distribution of health care in Danish population. The purpose is to analyse income-related inequality in health and health care in Funen County, Denmark 2000 and 2001. Concentration indices will be used to characterise the distribution of health and health care with respect to income, and decomposition techniques will be applied to the indices to obtain information about the composition and sources of inequality from determinants and dimensions.
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HarperCollins Publishers Critical Why the NHS is being betrayed and how we
Book Synopsis The true, eye-opening account of how the NHS has been failed and what we can do to save it. Trade Review‘Brilliant. Everyone who cares about the NHS should read this brilliant book’ – Peter Stefanovic ‘If you’re a campaigner for the NHS, this new book, Critical, is a must-read. And if you’re not a campaigner for the NHS, this new book, Critical, is a must-read. Be informed; be angry; fight.’ – Dominic Minghella ‘A fantastic read for anyone interested in what’s happening to our NHS’ – Jemma Forte ‘Recommended reading. Angry but not shouty, terrifically researched and written’ – Russ Jones ‘An incredibly important book about the demise of our NHS and what we must do to reverse the damage that’s being done to it. A sobering and important read. I can highly recommend it’ – Kit Yates ‘Exceptional … a must read’ – Grace Blakeley ‘Critical is a superb, concise, yet informative and passionate piece of work. It neatly outlines just why politicians and successive governments have vandalised and decimated our NHS. However, more importantly, it shows the reader that there is another way – and that there is also something still left to fight for.’ Canary ‘Julia Grace Patterson has written a book reminding us just why we need a well-funded, state-run NHS of the sort neither major political party in the UK now supports. She's right.’ Richard Murphy
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Oxford University Press Population Health Science
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Oxford University Press Systems Science and Population Health
Book SynopsisPopulation health is complex and multileveled, encompassing dynamic interactions between cells, societies, and everything in between. Our typical approach to studying population health, however, remains oriented around a reductionist approach to conceptualizing, empirically analyzing, and intervening to improve population health. The trouble is that interventions founded on simplifying a complex world often do not work, sometimes yielding failure or, even worse, harm. The difficult truth is that silver bullet health science often fails, and understanding these failures can help us improve our approach to health science, and, ultimately, population health.SYSTEMS SCIENCE AND POPULATION HEALTH employs principles from across a range of sciences to refine the way we understand population health. By augmenting traditional analytic approaches with new tools like machine learning, microsimulation, and social network analysis, population health can be studied as a dynamic and complex system. This allows us to understand population health as a complex whole, offering new insights and perspectives that stand to improve the health of the public. This text offers the first educational and practical guide to this forward-thinking approach.Comprising 17 chapters from the vanguard of population health, epidemiology, computer science, and medicine, this book offers a three-part introduction to the subject:DT An intellectual and conceptual history of systems science as it intersects with population healthDT Concise, introductory overviews of important and emerging methodological tools in systems science, including systems dynamics, agent-based modeling, microsimulation, social network analysis, and machine-learning-all with relevant examples drawn from population health literatureDT An exploration of future implications for systems science and its applications to our understanding of population health issuesFor researchers, students, and practitioners, SYSTEMS SCIENCE AND POPULATION HEALTH redefines many of the foundational elements of how we understand population health. It should not be missed.Table of Contents1.Introduction Abdulrahman M. El-Sayed SECTION 1: Simplicity, complexity and population health 2. Reductionism at the dawn of population health Kristin Heitman 3. Wrong answers: when simple interpretations create complex problems David S. Fink, Katherine M. Keyes 4. Complexity: the evolution towards 21st century science Anton Palma, David W. Lounsbury 5. Systems thinking in population health research and policy Stephen Mooney SECTION 2: Methods in systems population health 6. Generation of systems maps: mapping complex systems of population health Helen de Pinho 7. Systems dynamics models Eric Lofgren 8. Agent-based modeling Brandon Marshall 9. Microsimulation Sanjay Basu 10. Social network analysis: the ubiquity of social networks and their importance for population health Douglas A. Luke, Amar Dhand, Bobbi J. Carothers SECTION 3: Systems science towards a consequential population health 11. Machine learning James H. Faghmous 12. Systems science and the social determinants of population health David S. Fink, Katherine M. Keyes, Magdalena Cerdá 13. Systems approaches to understanding how the environment influences population health and population health interventions Melissa Tracy 14. Systems of behavior and population health Mark Orr, Kathryn Ziemer, Daniel Chen 15. Systems under your skin Karina Standahl Olsen, Hege Bøvelstad, Eiliv Lund 16. Frontiers in health modeling Nathaniel Osgood 17. Systems science and population health Abdulrahman M. El-Sayed, Sandro Galea
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Oxford University Press, USA Design and Analysis of GroupRandomized Trials 27 Monographs in Epidemiology and Biostatistics
Book SynopsisThis is the first comprehensive text about the design and analysis of community or group-randomized trials, which are usually done to evaluate the effect of health promotion efforts. It reviews the underlying issues, describes the most widely used research designs, and presents the many approaches to analysis that are now available.Trade Review"This book is an important addition to any public health or medical library. It is well-written and much needed."--Doody's JournalTable of Contents1. Introduction ; 2. Planning the Trials ; 3. Research Design ; 4. Planning the Analysis ; 5. Analysis for Nested Cross-Sectional Designs ; 6. Analysis for Nested-Cohort Designs ; 7. Applications of Analyses for Nested Cross-Sectional Designs ; 8. Applications of Analyses for Nested-Cohort Designs ; 9. Sample Size, Detectable Difference and Power ; 10. Case Studies
£92.15
Oxford University Press Social Support Measurement and Intervention
Book SynopsisSurgery and pharmaceuticals are not the only effective procedures we have to improve our health. The natural human tendency to care for fellow humans, to support them with social networks, has proven to be a powerful treatment as well. This book, will provide the most up to date research on the effects of social support interventions on physical and mental health.Trade ReviewThis is an excellent book - well produced, first class content and heavily referenced. Buy it! * Journal of Public Health Medicine *Table of ContentsContributors Part I. Theoretical and Historical Perspectives 1: Sheldon Cohen, Benjamin H. Gottlieb, and Lynn G. Underwood: Social Relationships and Health Part II. Social Support Measures 2: Brian Lakey and Sheldon Cohen: Social Support Theory and Measurement 3: Ian Brissette, Sheldon Cohen, and Teresa E. Seeman: Measuring Social Integration and Social Networks 4: Thomas A. Wills and Ori Shinar: Measuring Perceived and Received Social Support 5: Harry T. Reis and Nancy Collins: Measuring Relationship Properties and Interactions Relevant to Social Support Part III. Social Support Interventions 6: Benjamin H. Gottlieb: Selecting and Planning Support Interventions 7: Vicki S. Helgeson and Benjamin H. Gottlieb: Support Groups 8: John Eckenrode and Stephen Hamilton: One-to-One Support Interventions: Home Visitation and Mentoring 9: Carolyn E. Cutrona and Valerie Cole: Optimizing Support in the Natural Network Part IV. Implications 10: Karen S. Rook and Lynn G. Underwood: Social Support Measurement and Interventions: Comments and Future Directions Index
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Oxford University Press Inc Ungoverned and Out of Sight
Book SynopsisIf health policy truly seeks to improve population health and reduce health disparities, addressing homelessness must be a priority Homelessness is a public health problem. Nearly a decade after the great recession of 2008, homelessness rates are once again rising across the United States, with the number of persons experiencing homelessness surpassing the number of individuals suffering from opioid use disorders annually. Homelessness presents serious adverse consequences for physical and mental health, and ultimately worsens health disparities for already at-risk low-income and minority populations. While some state-level policies have been implemented to address homelessness, these services are often not designed to target chronic homelessness and subsequently fail in policy implementation by engendering barriers to local homeless policy solutions. In the face of this crisis, Ungoverned and Out of Sight seeks to understand the political processes influencing adoption of best-practicTrade ReviewUngoverned and Out of Sight provides a fresh perspective on the complex governing arrangements for American housing policy and the implications for public health. A must read for public policy and public health scholars. * Patricia Strach, University of Albany *Charley Willison has written an urgently important book that explores and explains critical facets of the politics of homelessness policy. Marshalling an impressive range of qualitative and quantitative data, Ungoverned and Out of Sight highlights homelessness as a vital public health problem while advancing our understanding of how local policy processes shape homelessness governance. With remarkable clarity, devastating depth, and compelling breadth, Willison offers knowledge that is crucial for addressing homelessness as a structural political problem. This book is a must read for political scientists, public health scholars, policy makers, and everyone who is part of the decentralized complex of actors who play a role in the systems that structure homelessness. * Jamila Michener, Cornell Center for Health Equity *Homelessness is viscerally experienced at the local level. Local governments play a crucial role in shaping factors that affect homelessness, like housing development and police behavior, yet direct responses to homelessness exist largely outside of local government. Why would this be? Using novel quantitative data along with in-depth qualitative evidence from three divergent cases, Charley Willison identifies four influential actors in homelessness response and explains how this history of devolution, combined with a lack of coordination among powerful players, contributed to homelessness policy responses coming up short. * Jessica Trounstine, University of California, Merced *Table of ContentsTable of Contents Acknowledgements Chapter 1: America's Homelessness Crisis Chapter 2: Homeless Politics in the United States: Theories of the Ungoverned and Unwanted Chapter 3: Seeking Deeper Explanations: Case Selection and Qualitative Analysis Chapter 4: Measuring Municipal Participation in Homeless Governance: A National Perspective Chapter 5: The Integrated State: San Francisco and Challenges for Policy Implementation Chapter 6: The Fragmented State: Atlanta and the Challenges of Coordination Chapter 7: The Delegated State: Shreveport and Challenges of Authority and Capacity Chapter 8: A Way Forward Appendix A: Dataset Overview and Codebook Appendix B: fsQCA Deduction Procedure Appendix C: Interviewee Demographics by Cases Appendix D: Qualitative Interview Consent Protocol Appendix E: Qualitative Interview Questionnaire Appendix F: Codebook for Qualitative Interviews Appendix G: Process Tracing Analytic Approach and for Archival Documents Notes References Index
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Oxford University Press The Oxford Handbook of Health Care Management
Book SynopsisThis Handbook provides an authoritative overview of current issues and debates in the field of health care management. It contains over twenty chapters from well-known and eminent academic authors, who were carefully selected for their expertise and asked to provide a broad and critical overview of developments in their particular topic area. The development of an international perspective and body of knowledge is a key feature of the book.The Handbook secondly makes a case for bringing back a social science perspective into the study of the field of health care management. It therefore contains a number of contrasting and theoretically orientated chapters (e.g. on institutionalism; critical management studies). This social science based approach is a refreshing alternative to much existing work in this domain and offers a good way into current academic debates in this field.The Handbook thirdly explores a variety of important policy and organizational developments apparent within the Table of ContentsPART I: THEORETICAL AND POLITICAL APPROACHES TO HEALTH CARE MANAGEMENT AND ORGANIZATIONS; PART II: PEOPLE IN HEALTH CARE ORGANIZATIONS: PATIENTS, PROFESSIONALS, AND LEADERS; PART III: ORGANIZATIONAL PROCESSES AND PRACTICES IN HEALTH CARE MANAGEMENT; PART IV: ISSUES IN THE HEALTH CARE ORGANIZATIONAL FIELD
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Oxford University Press Global Public Health
Book SynopsisGlobal Public Health: a new era is a comprehensive updated account of the international state of public health, including an agenda for improving the practice of the discipline across the world. It addresses three major issues:- the changing global context for public health- the state of public health theory and practice in developed and developing countries; and- strategies for strengthening the practice of public healthSection one surveys the complex old and new challenges facing public health practitioners, and then summarises the state of health globally using new data based on measures of the Global Burden of Disease developed by the Word Health Organization, and other groups, to better describe population health states and trends.Section two presents the first detailed review of the global state of public health. It analyses the public health situation in all regions of the world. Six chapters cover Europe, Latin America, and Australia and New Zealand.. Three chapters cover ChinaTrade ReviewThis book presents a very comprehensive account of public health from a global perspective. * BMA Medical Book Competition *Table of Contents1. The global context for public health ; 2. Current global health status ; 3. Public health in the UK ; 4. Public health in Sweden: facts, visions and lessons ; 5. Public health in central and eastern Europe and the former Soviet Union ; 6. Improving Canada's response to public health challenges: the creation of a new public health agency ; 7. Public health in Latin America ; 8. Public health in Africa ; 9. Public Health in China: history and contemporary challenges ; 10. Public health in South Asia ; 11. Public health in Australia and New Zealand ; 12. Ethical issues in global public health ; 13. Putting the public into public health: towards a more people-centred approach ; 14. Strengthening public health for the new era
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Oxford University Press, USA Evaluating Health Promotion
Book SynopsisHealth Promotion is a relatively new discipline and there is little in the way of practical help for students and practitioners in choosing and implementing appropriate evaluation methods. As the demands for rigorous evaluation and evidence-based decision-making increase, health promotion cannot ignore the need for accurate, reliable and valid methods to carry out evaluation. This book provides clear descriptions (with plentiful practical examples) of such methods, and the problems that can arise from their implementation. Both qualitative and quantitative methods that are commonly used are described and the problems and benefits that arise with their use are explained. Experiences in the practical implementation of evaluation are explained, with examples from a variety of different social, economic and cultural contexts. The third edition of this highly successful book has been fully revised and updated to reflect the ongoing developments in the field of health promotion. It will appeTrade ReviewFor students of social sciences, this book is a must have... For occupational physicians who manage large departments that espouse health promotion and for those of us whose work includes an international perspective in developing areas this book has very significant utility. * Occupational Medicine *Table of Contents1: OVERVIEW ; 1. Introduction ; 2. Historical and policy approaches ; PART 2: METHODS OF EVALUATION ; 3. Evaluating according to purpose and resources: Strengthening the evidence base incrementally ; 4. Evaluating interventions: Experimental study designs in health promotion ; 5. Economic evaluation of health promotion interventions ; 6. Using systematic reviews in health promotion ; 7. Process evaluation: Understanding how and why interventions work ; PART 3: EVALUATION IN PRACTICE ; 8. Social marketing interventions and evaluation ; 9. Evaluation of interventions to prevent intimate partner violence ; 10. Evaluating environmental interventions through natural experiments ; 11. E-health promotion ; PART 4: PARTICIPANTS IN, AND USERS OF, EVALUATION ; 12. Involving lay people in the development of NICE public health guidance ; 13. Evaluating the ethics of health promotion: Understanding informed participation ; 14. Feeding back evaluation results to stakeholder participants ; 15. Getting findings into policy ; 16. Conclusions: Providing appropriate evidence and influencing policy
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Oxford University Press Quality and Safety in Radiology
Book SynopsisRadiology has been transformed by new imaging advances and a greater demand for imaging, along with a much lower tolerance for error as part of the Quality & Safety revolution in healthcare. With a greater emphasis on patient safety and quality in imaging practice, imaging specialists are increasingly charged with ensuring patient safety and demonstrating that everything done for patients in their care meets the highest quality and safety standards. This book offers practical guidance on understanding, creating, and implementing quality management programs in Radiology. Chapters are comprehensive, detailed, and organized into three sections: Core Concepts, Management Concepts, and Educational & Special Concepts. Discussions are applicable to all practice settings: community hospitals, private practice, academic radiology, and government/military practice, as well as to those preparing for the quality and safety questions on the American Board of Radiology''s Maintenance of CertificatiTrade ReviewQuality and Safety in Radiology is a very timely and well-planned book discussing the latest topics in an ever-increasingly important subsegment of radiology--quality and safety issues. In their excellent book, co-editors Hani H. Abujedeh and Michael A. Bruno discuss a variety of current topics that collectively comprise the arguably budding but important field of radiology quality and safety. The two editors--along with 47 nationally and internationally recognized experts--have created an up-to-date, easy-to-reference textbook covering a wide spectrum of quality and patient safety issues as they apply to diagnostic imaging. The goal of the authors was to create a reference text covering the essentials of quality and safety specifically geared to diagnostic radiology. The authors have brilliantly accomplished their goal with this well-organized and easy-to-read book. This excellent book is well priced; I highly recommend [it]. -Robert D. Stoffey, RadiologyTable of ContentsContributors ; I. Core Concepts in Radiology Quality and Safety ; 1. Basic Definitions ; 2. Components of a Comprehensive Radiology Quality, Safety and Performance Improvement Program ; 3. Primum non nocere: A Few Words on the Primacy of Patient Safety ; 4. Practical Quality Assurance ; 5. Root Cause Analysis (RCA) and Healthcare Failure Mode and Effect Analysis (RFMEA) ; 6. Patient Perspectives on Service and Quality in Clinical Imaging ; 7. Just Culture - A Shared Commitment ; 8. Communication of Radiology Results ; 9. Teamwork and Communication in Radiology ; 10. The Joint Commission, National Patient Safety Goals and Radiology: Making the Grade ; 11. Errors in Radiology ; 12. The Role of the Apology in Radiology ; 13. Universal Protocols and the Checklist ; 14. Peer Review in Radiology ; 15. Radiation Dose in Medical Imaging-Clinical and Technological Strategies for Dose Reduction ; II. Management Concepts in Radiology Quality & Safety ; 16. Key Performance Indicators in Radiology ; 17. Six Sigma and LEAN: Opportunities for Healthcare to Do More and Better with Less ; 18. Stakeholder Management & Best Practices ; 19. Assessing Physician Performance ; 20. Predicting System Performance ; 21. Control Charts and Dashboards ; 22. Governmental and Outside Agencies' Influence on Radiology Quality ; 23. Pay for Performance and Quality in Radiology ; 24. ACR Appropriateness Criteria ; III. Educational & Special Concepts in Radiology Quality & Safety ; 25. Teaching Quality and Safety to Radiology Residents and Fellows ; 26. Simulation ; 27. Evidence-Based Radiology and its Relationship with Quality ; 28. Quality in Pediatric Imaging ; 29. Quality in Interventional Radiology ; 30. Pregnancy in Radiology ; Afterword: Quality and Ethics - Richard Gunderman and Jordan Swensson ; Index
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Oxford University Press Inequalities in Health
Book SynopsisOf every thousand children born in Iceland, two will die before their first birthday, but in Mozambique the death rate is sixty times higher. Even within countries - including some of the wealthiest - inequalities in longevity and health can be substantial. In recent years, epidemiologists have documented the extent of these inequalities both between and within countries, stimulating in turn research both on their sources and on possible means for their alleviation. These extensive and influential efforts in research and in policy development have raised health inequalities to a prominent position among the central concerns of both national and global health. Less attention has been given to careful analysis and refinement of some key concepts and values that guide and motivate these studies of health inequalities. The essays in this book demonstrate the need to identify and debate alternative positions on the choice of measures of health inequality; the definitions of ''inequality'' aTable of ContentsNir Eyal, Samia Hurst, Sara Marchand, Ole F. Norheim, Dan Wikler - "Introduction: Inequalities in Health: Concepts, Measures, and Ethics" ; Part I: Defining and measuring health inequality ; 1. Larry Temkin - "Inequality and Health" ; 2. Tony Atkinson - "Health Inequality, Health Inequity and Health Spending" ; 3. Yukiko Asada - "A Summary Measure of Health Inequalities: Incorporating Group and Individual Inequalities" ; 4. Kasper Lippert Rasmussen - "When Group Measures of Health Should Matter ; 5. Erik Nord - "Priority to the Worse Off: Severity of Current and Future Illness Versus Shortfall in Life Time Health" ; 6. Gustaf Arrhenius- "Egalitarian Concerns and Population Change" ; Part II: Health Inequality and egalitarianism ; 7. Dan Hausman - "Egalitarian Critiques of Health Inequalities" ; 8. Alex Voorhoeve and Marc Fleurbaey - "Decide as You Would with Full Information! An Argument against ex ante Pareto" ; 9. Johann Frick - Uncertainty and Justifiability to Each Person ; 10. Shlomi Segall - "Equality of Opportunity For Health" ; 11. Wlodek Rabinowicz - "When in Doubt, Equalize" ; 12. Norman Daniels - "Reducing Health Disparities: No Simple Matter" ; 13. Nir Eyal - "Levelling Down Health" ; 14. Ole Norheim - "Atkinson's Measure of Inequality: Can Measures of Economic Inequality Help Us Understand Trade-Offs in Healthcare Priority Setting?" ; 15. Toby Ord And Nick Beckstead - "Rationing and Rationality: The Cost of Avoiding Discrimination" ; 16. Frances M. Kamm - Rationing and the Disabled: Several Proposals ; Part III: Health Inequality and Public Policy ; 17. Angus Deaton - "What does the Empirical Evidence on SES and Health Tell Us About Inequity and About Policy?" ; 18. Michael Marmot-Fair Society Healthy Lives ; 19. Julian Le Grand - "Individual Responsibility, Health and Health Care" ; 20. Ritu Sadana - "WHO's Social Determinants Commission - Concepts and Measures of Health Inequalities"
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