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Effective Health Care Management presents the principles and criteria necessary to evaluate and enhance the quality of health care services in the NHS today. It provides an overview of health care management and health care policy, explores evidence based practice, and examines the ongoing need for management evaluation.

The authors discuss the role of outcome measures, performance indicators, benchmarking, and individual performance review. They also address clinical governance, accountability and professional autonomy, and the problems underlying 'seamless service provision'.

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Presents the principles and criteria that are necessary to evaluate and enhance the quality of health care services in the NHS. This book offers an overview of health care management and health care policy. It explores evidence based practice, and examines the ongoing need for management evaluation.
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Ch 1. Introduction.

Ch 2. The Nature of Health Care Management.

Ch 3. Multiple Perspectives and Decision Making.

Ch 4. Performance Management: Concepts and Approaches.

Ch 5. The Evidence Based Organisation.

Ch 6. Politics, Ethics and Health Care Management.

Ch 7. Developing an Evaluative Approach to Health Care Management

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Effective Health Care Management presents the principles and criteria necessary to evaluate and enhance the quality of health care services in the NHS today. It provides an overview of health care management and health care policy, explores evidence based practice, and examines the ongoing need for management evaluation.

The authors discuss the role of outcome measures, performance indicators, benchmarking, and individual performance review. They also address clinical governance, accountability and professional autonomy, and the problems underlying 'seamless service provision'.

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Produktdetaljer

ISBN
9781405111614
Publisert
2004-06-10
Utgiver
John Wiley and Sons Ltd
Vekt
463 gr
Høyde
246 mm
Bredde
175 mm
Dybde
10 mm
Aldersnivå
P, 06
Språk
Product language
Engelsk
Format
Product format
Heftet
Antall sider
208

Biografisk notat

Colin Palfrey (BA MA MEd PhD PGCE) is a lecturer in the School of Health Science, University of Wales.

Ceri Phillips (BSc PhD) is a Reader in the School of Health Science, University of Wales.

Paul Thomas (BA MSc) is an External Fellow at the University of Glamorgan.