Strategic issues in health care management / edited by M. Malek, J. Rasquinha, P. Vacani.
- Title
- Strategic issues in health care management / edited by M. Malek, J. Rasquinha, P. Vacani.
- Published by
- Chichester ; New York : John Wiley & Sons, c1993.
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- Description
- xvii, 279 p. : ill.; 24 cm.
- Summary
- This volume addresses health care planning and management, tackling a number of issues relevant to the problem of the efficient management of health care resources. It covers such topics as consumer behaviour and managerial styles as well as the utilization of information technology.
- Alternative title
- Health care management.
- Subject
- Genre/Form
- Conference papers and proceedings
- Conference papers and proceedings.
- Congress
- Contents
- -- List of Contributors -- Acknowledgements -- Preface -- 1. Budgetary and Medical Rationale in the French Plan for Rationalization of Health Expenditures ("Seguin Plan") -- 2. Charging for Health Services -- Some Anecdotes from the Antipodes -- 3. The Design of a Regional Care Delivery Plan as a Result of Cooperation Among Health Insurers, Health Care Suppliers and Local Government -- 4. Health Care Delivery Efficiency Indices for Developing Countries -- The Search for the Holy Grail -- 5. The Sharp Computer System -- A Tool for Resource Planning in the Health Care Sector -- 6. Economic and Health Policy Issues in Biomedical Technology -- The Case of Greece -- 7. Training Health Managers for Developing Countries in Developing Countries -- Fish out of Water? -- 8. Innovative Strategies to Improve Clinic Planning and Management -- The Case of a Paediatric Clinic in Iowa -- 9. Strategy or Tactics? Technological Imperatives and Health Care Cost Control -- 10. Strategies for Improved Technology Assessment Use in European Health Care -- 11. Customer Supplier Modelling as a Framework for Quality Improvement -- 12. Usability Testing and Performance Evaluation -- Empirical Study and Analysis of a Clinical Information System -- 13. The Use of an Issue-Information Matrix in the Rapid Evaluation of Health Services Performance -- 14. Acceptance and Diffusion of National Standards in General Practice -- 15. Assessing the Quality of an Acute Medicine for the Elderly Service -- 16. Effectiveness of an Outpatient Geriatric Assessment Unit -- Short-Term Results of a Randomised Controlled Study -- 17. Linking Clinical Reality with Strategic Management -- 18. More Market, Less Competition and More Strategy in the Hospital Market -- 19. Factors Affecting Physician Efficiency in Managing Hospitalized Patients -- 20. Changing Incentives in the Hospital Firm -- An Experiment at Akershus Central Hospital, Norway -- 21. Managing Quality Assurance in German Hospitals -- Approaches, Obstacles, Prospects -- 22. A Contract Negotiation Simulation Experimental Learning Workshop for Clinical Directors and an Acute Hospital Management Board -- 23. Strategic Issues in Municipal Services for Community Prevention in the Netherlands.
- Owning institution
- Harvard Library
- Bibliography (note)
- Includes bibliographical references.
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