Healthcare Management (Repost)

This popular book is amongst the most comprehensive textbooks on healthcare management available. Written with healthcare managers, professionals and students in mind, it provides an accessible guide to healthcare systems, services, organisations and management. Key areas include:

- Allocating resources for healthcare: setting and managing priorities
- Health technologies, research and innovation
- Internationalisation of health systems and policies
- Healthcare services: structure and delivery
- Chronic disease and integrated care
- Healthcare leadership and networks: incentives, governance and performance
The new edition features an updated structure to support teaching and learning and thirteen new chapters which draw upon a wealth of experience from leading international experts in the field. This includes references to practical policy and case study materials, chapter summaries focusing on key points, self-assessment learning exercises, further reading and links to useful web-based resources.
Healthcare Management is valuable reading for students and healthcare professionals involved in management, research and health policy making. The links between the theory and practice of healthcare management are skilfully explored and the authors show how best practice within healthcare systems can be maintained.
Contributors
Vidhya Alakeson, Ruth Boaden, Jeffrey Braithwaite, Iain Buchan, Mirella Cacace, Naomi Chambers, Elaine Clark, Helen Dickinson, Jennifer Dixon, Barrie Dowdeswell, Jon Glasby, Scott Greer, Anthony Harrison, Paula Hyde, Valerie Iles, Ann Mahon, Russell Mannion, Anne McBride, Andrew McCulloch, Shirley McIver, Matt Muijen, Ellen Nolte, James Raftery, Suzanne Robinson, Rebecca Rosen, Judith Smith, Helen Sullivan, Anne Tofts, Kieran Walshe, Iestyn Williams, Juliet Woodin and Steve Wright.