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The Academic Health Center
Cambridge University Press 2005; US$ 50.00The leadership and management of academic health centers present complex challenges, with their integrated mission of education, research and service. This book addresses these issues, and proposes solutions for leaders of clinical and basic science departments in academic health centers, and for those involved in health systems management studies. more...
Costi sociali e aspetti farmacoeconomici
Springer 2006; US$ 23.99La sclerosi multipla (SM) rappresenta la seconda causa di disabilit neurologica nel giovane adulto, dopo i traumi cranici. Negli ultimi anni, l'introduzione di nuovi farmaci, potenzialmente in grado di modificare il decorso della malattia, ha richiamato l'attenzione sui costi sociali della SM e sugli aspetti farmaco-economici. Si sono avanzati,... more...
Executive Summary of Analyses for the Initial Implementation of the Inpatient Rehabilitation Facility Prospective Payment System
RAND Corporation 2002; US$ 9.95In the Balanced Budget Act of 1997, Congress mandated that Health CareFinancing Administration (HCFA) implement a Prospective Payment System (PPS)for inpatient rehabilitation. The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services(CMS, the successor agency to HCFA) issued the final rule governing such aPPS on August 7, 2001. more...
Patterns of Hospital Ownership and Control
University of Minnesota Press 1961; US$ 67.50Based on a study of data about nearly 7,000 independent unites of hospital service in the United States, this book classifies and describes the patterns or types of hospital ownership and control to be found in the hospital industry. For each pattern, information is given on the organizational structure and governing authority, history, significance,... more...
Diagnosis-Related Groups In Europe
McGraw-Hill Education 2011; US$ 203.00The volumes in the European Observatory on Health Systems and Policies series focus on key issues for health policy-making in Europe. This book is a joint venture between the WHO/EO and the EuroDRG which addresses the challenges of using Diagnosis Related more...
Principles and Practice of Hospital Medicine
McGraw-Hill Companies,Inc. 2012; US$ 153.00The definitive guide to the knowledge and skills necessary to practice Hospital Medicine. Presented in full color and enhanced by more than 700 illustrations, this authoritative text provides a background in all the important clinical, organizational, and administrative areas now required for the practice of hospital medicine. The goal of the book... more...
Handbook of Systems and Complexity in Health
Springer 2012; US$ 449.99This book is an introduction to health care as a complex adaptive system, a system that feeds back on itself. The first section introduces systems and complexity theory from a science, historical, epistemological, and technical perspective, describing the principles and mathematics. Subsequent sections build on the health applications of systems science... more...
Lean Leadership for Healthcare
CRC Press 2013; US$ 49.95Healthcare organizations that have already applied Lean thinking to their processes, with the diligence of effective management and strong leadership support, are now realizing the benefits of their efforts. And, many of those benefits surpass what was thought possible just a few years ago. To be successful, these organizations had to provide the leadership... more...
Risk Management Handbook for Health Care Organizations, 3rd Edition
John Wiley & Sons, Inc. 2001; US$ 147.00Completely revised and updated, the third edition of this standard handbook includes entirely new chapters on managed care and risk financing that address the important issues of cost containment and the advancements in alternate risk financing arrangements. This comprehensive resource offers everything from the basics of program development to the... more...
Better for Less
Muscle Joint Nerve 2002; US$ 35.95Patients, employers, companies and the government faces increasing healthcare and business costs, out-of-pocket expenses and premiums at alarming rates of about 15% - 27%. Facing the crisis, many Americans particularly seniors and the 41.2 million uninsured endure untold suffering, indignity, physical and psychological pain, drug overdose and a lowered... more...









