Health Services Planning (eBook)

Richard K. Thomas (Autor)

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2020 | 3rd ed. 2021
XIX, 464 Seiten
Springer US (Verlag)
978-1-0716-1076-3 (ISBN)

Infos

-First edition by McGraw-Hill, 1998.

-Textbook for courses on health administration and planning

-Author is fairly well-known in the field.

Richard K. Thomas, PhD, is vice president of Health and Per

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The third edition of Health Services Planning represents a necessary revision of the second edition (2003) and reflects the significant changes that have occurred in the social and health environments, the healthcare field, and the planning endeavor itself. The book reviews the history of health planning (with reference to activities in other countries) before describing the process from start to finish in great detail. The philosophy underlying health planning and its perception, past and present, are reviewed with a particular emphasis on the factors that are making health planning more relevant than ever.The steps in the health services planning process are reviewed and supported by how-to guidance, examples of planning applications, and planning case studies. The various levels and types of planning are described (societal, community, organizational; strategic, business, marketing), and the similarities and differences discussed.Newand updated chapters in this edition cover the planning requirements introduced through the Affordable Care Act, the rethinking of the community health needs assessment process, and the implications of the population health movement for health planning: The Social and Health Systems Context for Health Services PlanningThe Changing Environment for Health PlanningThe New Community Assessment ProcessFrom Community Health Needs Assessment to Population Health AssessmentHealth Services Planning, 3rd Ed., remains a critical resource for health administration programs, as well as an essential publication for health professionals in both public and private sector healthcare organizations that need to have an understanding of the planning process. 

• Erscheint lt. Verlag: 3.11.2020
• Zusatzinfo: XIX, 464 p. 9 illus., 5 illus. in color.
• Sprache: englisch
• Themenwelt: Medizin / Pharmazie ► Allgemeines / Lexika
• Themenwelt: Medizin / Pharmazie ► Gesundheitswesen
• Themenwelt: Medizin / Pharmazie ► Pflege
• Themenwelt: Wirtschaft
• Schlagworte: community assessment process for health services planning • community health needs assessment • data management in health services planning • Health Administration • health planning data • health services demand and utilization • health services planning • health services research • immigration and health status in health services planning • information resources in health services planning • new data modeling techniques for health services planning • planning audit • population health movement • role of Affordable Care act in health services planning • role of social media in marketing health services • social context for health services planning • Strategic Planning • the future of health services planning • transformation of U.S. healthcare system
• ISBN-10: 1-0716-1076-7 / 1071610767
• ISBN-13: 978-1-0716-1076-3 / 9781071610763