Hospitals in a changing Europe
- نوع فایل : کتاب
- زبان : انگلیسی
- مؤلف : Martin McKee; Judith Healy; European Observatory on Health Care Systems.
- ناشر : Buckingham ; Philadelphia : Open University Press
- چاپ و سال / کشور: 2002
- شابک / ISBN : 9780335209286
Description
Contents List of figures, tables and boxes vii List of contributors xi Series editors’ introduction xiii Foreword xv Acknowledgements xvii part one The context of hospitals 1 one The significance of hospitals: an introduction 3 Martin McKee and Judith Healy two The evolution of hospital systems 14 Judith Healy and Martin McKee three Pressures for change 36 Martin McKee, Judith Healy, Nigel Edwards and Anthony Harrison four The role and function of hospitals 59 Judith Healy and Martin McKee part two External pressures upon hospitals 81 five The hospital and the external environment: experience in the United Kingdom 83 Martin Hensher and Nigel Edwards six Are bigger hospitals better? 100 John Posnett seven Investing in hospitals 119 Martin McKee and Judith Healy eight Hospital payment mechanisms: theory and practice in transition countries 150 John C. Langenbrunner and Miriam M. Wiley nine Linking organizational structure to the external environment: experiences from hospital reform in transition economies 177 Melitta Jakab, Alexander Preker and April Harding part three Internal strategies for change 203 ten Improving performance within the hospital 205 Judith Healy and Martin McKee eleven The changing hospital workforce in Europe 226 James Buchan and Fiona O’May twelve Introducing new technologies 240 Rebecca Rosen thirteen Optimizing clinical performance 252 Nick Freemantle fourteen Hospital organization and culture 265 Linda Aiken and Douglas Sloane part four Conclusions 279 fifteen Future hospitals 281 Martin McKee and Judith Healy Index 285
