Managing Quality
Strategic Issues in Health Care Management
Published on 28. August 1999
Book
Hardback
256 pages
978-0-7546-1004-5 (ISBN)
Description
An edited collection of articles from experts in health policy, health economics, health care management and health service research. The book examines the key strategic issues facing health services across the globe into the next millennium. Individual sections contain chapters on: improving quality in health care; using performance indicators; controlling costs in an era of health care reform; and the economic evaluation of health care interventions. In addition, it reports on research and policy implications, and should be of interest to policy-makers, managers, researchers, students and practioners.
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Language
English
Place of publication
United Kingdom
Publishing group
Taylor & Francis Ltd
Target group
College/higher education
Professional and scholarly
Illustrations
figures, tables
Dimensions
Height: 159 mm
Width: 226 mm
ISBN-13
978-0-7546-1004-5 (9780754610045)
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Content
Part 1 Scene setting: is health care a business? an analysis of health care, and its considerations as a business, John L. Deffenbaugh; managing the design of health care services, Moira Fischbacher and Arthur Francis. Part 2 Quality in health care: towards critical quality, Mike Walsh; whose quality? different interest groups' perspectives on health care quality, Juan I. Baeza and Michael Calnan; the quantification of patient satisfaction, Mike Hart; managing clinical audit - diagnozing the problems and designing solutions, Gail Johnston et al; improving child dental health in Scotland - an audit in primary care, Chris Southwick et al; human resource management audits - contributions to quality, Sandra Nutley. Part 3 Using performance indicators: what are we counting with hospital episode statistics (HES)?, Richard Wilson; clinical outcomes indicators in Scotland - lessons and prospects, Steve Kendrick et al; what do managers and physicians prefer as indicators of clinical outcome?, Regis Blais et al; performance indicators - a patient-centred approach, Anne Ludbrook and Colin Gordon; is indicator use for quality improvement and performance measurement compatible?, Joanne Lally and Richard Thomson; published health outcomes - guiding lights or wreckers' lanterns?, Huw T.O. Davies et al.