Healthcare management (McGraw Hill/Open University Press, 2011)
Includes bibliographical references and index
1 - Introduction: the current and future challenges of healthcare management - Judith Smith and Kieran Walshe -- - Part 1 - Health Systems - 2 - The politics of healthcare and the health policy process: implications for healthcare management - Jennifer Dixon - 3 - Financing healthcare: funding systems and healthcare costs - Suzanne Robinson - t4 - Allocating resources for healthcare: setting and managing priorities - Iestyn Williams - 5 - Research, innovation and health technology assessment - James Raftery - 6 - Health and well-being: the wider context for healthcare management - Ann Mahon - 7 - Global health policy: governing health systems across borders - Scott L. Greer -- - Part 2 - Healthcare Services - 8 - Healthcare services: strategy: direction and delivery - Mirella Cacace and Ellen Nolte - 9 - Primary healthcare - Judith Smith - 10 - Chronic disease and integrated care - Vidhya Alakeson and Rebecca Rosen - 11
- Acute care: elective and emergency, secondary and tertiary - Anthony Harrison - 12 - Mental health - Andrew McCulloch and Matt Muijen - 13 - Social care - Helen Dickinson and Jon Glasby -- - Part 3 - Health Organizations - 14 - Purchasing healthcare - Judith Smith and Juliet Woodin - 15 - Buildings, facilities and equipment - Barrie Dowdeswell and Steve Wright - 16 - Informatics for healthcare systems - Iain Buchan - 17 - The healthcare workforce - Paula Hyde and Anne McBride - 18 - User perspectives and involvement - Shirley McIver -- - Part 4 - Healthcare Management and Leadership - 19 - Leadership and governance - Naomi Chambers - 20 - Personal and organizational development in healthcare - Elaine Clark - 21 - Managing change - Jeffrey Braithwaite and Russell Mannion - 22 - Managing resources - Anne Tofts and Kieran Walshe - 23 - Managing people - Valerie Iles - 24 - Quality improvement in healthcare - Ruth Boaden - 25
- Managing performance / Kieran Walshe - 26 - Managing strategic collaboration - Helen Dickinson and Helen Sullivan - 27 - Evidence-based decision-making for managers - Kieran Walshe
Healthcare management, second edition, provides a comprehensive, research-based introduction to healthcare management. Designed for postgraduate students, healthcare professionals and practising managers, the book takes an international perspective and draws links between the theory and practice of healthcare management and how best practice might be achieved within healthcare systems