Achieving Value for Money
Published in August 1996
Book
Paperback/Softback
256 pages
978-0-7020-2033-9 (ISBN)
Description
The importance of ensuring that the best use is made of the limited resources in the health service is clear, but how can this be achieved? This book explains that value for money is not simply an idea for accountants but is rather a crucial tool in establishing how we identify and measure what is effective and efficient within the health service. Chapters are included on Performance Indicators, Quality and Clinical Audit.
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Series
Language
English
Place of publication
London
United Kingdom
Publishing group
Elsevier Health Sciences
Target group
Professional and scholarly
Illustrations
21 ills.
Dimensions
Height: 241 mm
Width: 165 mm
Weight
486 gr
ISBN-13
978-0-7020-2033-9 (9780702020339)
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Content
Introduction: Broad Overview of Value for Money. Economics/Systems Based Approaches. Effectiveness and Efficiency in Healthcare? Measuring Effectiveness. Measuring Efficiency in Health Care: The Role of the Audit Commission. Performance Based Approaches: Using Performance Indicators as an Aid to Evaluating Value for Money. Quality and Value for Money. Control and Value for Money. Audit Based Approaches: Clinical Audit: Value for Money? Management Audit. External Audit and Value for Money. Value for Money and Service Impact: Can Strategic Management Influence Value for Money? Purchasing for Impact in the NHS. The Future for Value for Money.