It is simply not possible to provide people with all the health care they need. Rationing is inevitable and the public must play a major role in the debate. This publication is about talk and action in health care rationing, and presents the latest thinking and practical experience in rationing ...
The papers in this book were presented at the 1995 King's Fund international seminar in Canada by representatives of health services in six countries which have undergone major attempts at reform. Assuming that problems will still exist after structural changes have been implemented, they consider what lies ahead for the ...
This report was prepared in response to a request from Health Partners International Ltd. It looks at hospital management in seven countries with differing health care systems in order to inform the South African Hospital Strategy Project.
This handbook is intended as an introduction for managers and professionals to the concept of health service accreditation as it exists in the USA, Australia, Canada and, more briefly, in New Zealand, the Netherlands, Spain and Yugoslavia. The models described are not intended as a blue print for a UK ...
Papers from a King's Fund international seminar. The contributors work in the health services in Australia, Canada, New Zealand, United Kingdom and the United States. The book deals with three important aspects of working with people in the context of health service administration. The first is that of trying to ...
This book is a collection of papers given at a conference which examined what the role of senior administrators in the health field should be. The following four questions were addressed by the speakers. Does the senior health administrator have a role as either innovator or catalyst in 1) the ...