Description
Book SynopsisThis popular book is written by leading experts in the field and covers all the key aspects of healthcare management. Written with healthcare managers, professionals and students in mind, it provides an accessible and evidence-based guide to healthcare systems, services, organizations and management. Key areas covered include:
â Structure and delivery of healthcare services in the international context, including mental health, acute care, primary care, chronic disease and integrated care
â Allocating resources for healthcare: setting and managing priorities
â Health technologies, research and innovation
â Global health policy: governing health systems across borders
â Patient and public involvement in healthcare
â Healthcare governance and performance
This third edition has been significantly rewritten, with 10 new contributors and a new chapter structure designed to better support learning, practical application and furthe
Table of Contents
Chapter 1: Introduction: The current and future challenges of healthcare management
Part 1: Effective healthcare management
Chapter 2: Evidence based management: A critical appraisal
Part 2: Health systems
Chapter 3: The politics of healthcare and the health policy process: Implications for healthcare management
Chapter 4: Financing healthcare: Funding systems and healthcare costs
Chapter 5: Allocating resources for healthcare: Setting and managing priorities
Chapter 6: Research and innovation in healthcare
Chapter 7: Global health policy: Governing health systems across borders
Chapter 8: Health and well-being: The wider context for healthcare management
Part 3: Healthcare services and organisations
Chapter 9: Primary care
Chapter 10: Chronic Disease and integrated care
Chapter 11: Acute care: Elective and emergency, secondary and tertiary
Chapter 12: Mental health
Chapter 13: Social care
Chapter 14: Purchasing healthcare
Chapter 15: Capital in the Healthcare System: Buildings, Facilities and Equipment
Chapter 16: Informatics for healthcare systems
Chapter 17: The Healthcare Workforce
Chapter 18: Patient and public involvement in healthcare
Chapter 19: Governance and accountability in healthcare
Chapter 20: Quality improvement in healthcare
Chapter 21: Measuring and managing healthcare performance
