Health planning for effective management [[electronic resource] /] / edited by William A. Reinke

• Pubblicazione: New York, : Oxford University Press, 1988
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (301 p.)
• Disciplina: 362.1/068
• Soggetto topico: Health planning; Rural health services - Developing countries - Planning; Public health administration
• Soggetto genere / forma: Electronic books.
• Altri autori: ReinkeWilliam A
• Note generali: Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographies and index.
• Nota di contenuto: Intro -- Contents -- Contributors -- I: The Integration of Planning with Action -- 1 The Process, Structure, and Functions of Planning -- Planning Scope and Structure -- Planning as an Educational Process -- Stages of the Planning Process -- 2 Management Analysis -- Recent Directions in Health Planning -- Specific Management Issues -- 3 Health Systems Research in Relation to Planning -- Scope and Features of Research -- Illustrative Research Issues -- Approaches and Methodology -- Institutionalization of Research -- 4 Health Services Program Evaluation -- Scope and Purpose of Evaluation -- Main Features of Management Decision Making -- Capturing the Dynamics of Evaluation -- Evaluation Measures -- Evaluation Principles and Practice -- II: The Planning Process: Concepts, Methods, and Strategies -- 5 An Overview of the Planning Process -- Conceptualization of the Health Services System -- The Essence of Planning -- The Information Base -- 6 Political Aspects of Planning -- The Political Perspective -- Consequent Difficulties in Planning -- Implications of Political Issues for Planning -- Summary -- 7 Economic Aspects of Health Planning -- General Economic Concerns -- Microeconomic Considerations -- Macroeconomic Considerations -- Health Care Financing -- Some Concluding Observations -- 8 The Demographic Base for Health Planning -- General Demographic Considerations -- Sources of Demographic Data -- Errors in Demographic Data -- Specific Demographic Data Needed for Health Planning -- 9 Epidemiologic Base for Health Planning -- Scope of Concern -- Epidemiologic Measures -- Indicators -- Obtaining the Information -- Concluding Observations -- 10 Health Personnel Planning -- Supply Analysis -- Demand Analysis -- Productivity -- Will Supply Match Demand? Recommendations to Effect a Balance -- 11 Planning Health Facilities -- Scope and Importance. ; Needs Assessment -- Cost Analysis and Accounting -- Focus on Implementation -- Summary -- 12 Financial Analysis -- Scope and Purposes -- Organizational Implications -- Organizational Arrangements -- Financing Mechanisms -- Timing of Program Expenditures -- Budget Preparation and Analysis -- 13 Community Involvement -- Historical Background -- Justifications for New Concepts of Community Involvement -- The Major Components of Community Involvement -- Practical Process of Implementation -- 14 Organizational Structure and Process -- Structural Considerations -- Communications Networks -- The Decision Process -- Summary -- III: Toward Plan Implementation: Analytic Techniques and Tactical Considerations -- 15 Tools for Improving the Process of Planning -- Procedures for Obtaining Group Consensus -- Logical Framework for Planning and Evaluation -- Scheduling: Network Analysis -- 16 Sample Surveys -- The Standard Error as a Measure of Imprecision -- Methods and Timing of Data Collection -- Considerations of Sample Size -- Surveys for Comparative Analysis -- 17 Population Estimates and Projections -- Preparing Forecasts -- Changing Population Characteristics -- Aggregated Effects of Changing Population Characteristics -- 18 Measurement of Health Needs and Services Utilization -- Considerations and Constraints in Measurement -- Economic Cost of Illness -- Decisions on Screening -- Analysis of Services Utilization -- Provider-Initiated Services -- 19 Personnel Analysis -- Macroanalysis -- Microanalysis -- Macro- and Microanalysis in Perspective -- 20 Cost-Benefit and Cost-Effectiveness Analysis of Health Programs -- General Features of the Analysis -- Special Considerations -- Methodologic Issues -- Cost-Benefit Analysis of Family Planning Programs: A Case Study -- Cost-Effectiveness Analysis -- Summary -- 21 Synthesis of Health Needs and Resources. ; Translating Facts into Priorities -- Compatibility Among Priorities and Objectives -- Index.
• Sommario/riassunto: PART I: The Integration of Planning with Action 1. The Process, Structure and Functions of Planning, Carl E. Taylor and William A. Reinke2. Management Analysis, W.A. Reinke3. Health Systems Research in Relation to Planning, W.A. Reinke4. Health Services Program Evaluation, W.A. ReinkePART II: The Planning Process: Concepts, Methods and Strategies 5. An Overview of the Planning Process, W.A. Reinke6. Political Aspects of Planning, W.A. Reinke and Thomas L. Hall7. Economic Aspects of Health Planning, Alan L. Sorkin8. The Demographic Base for Health Planning, Margaret Bright9. Epidemiologic Base for Health Planning, Timothy D. Baker and W.A. Reinke10. Health Manpower Planning, T.D. Baker11. Planning Health Facilities, T.D. Baker12. Financial Analysis, W.A. Reinke13. Community Involvement, C.E. Taylor14. Organizational Structure and Process, W.A. ReinkePART III: Toward Plan Implementation: Analytical Techniques and Tactical Considerations 15. Tools for Improving the Process of Planning, W.A. Reinke16. Sample Surveys, W.A. Reinke17. Population Estimates and Projections, W.A. Reinke18. Measurement of Health Needs and Services Utilization, W.A. Reinke19. Manpower Analysis, W.A. Reinke20. Cost-Benefit and Cost-Effectiveness Analysis of Health Programs, A.L. Sorkin21. Synthesis of Health Needs and Resources, W.A. Reinke.
• Titolo autorizzato: Health planning for effective management
• ISBN: 1-280-44036-8; 9786610440368; 0-19-974868-3; 1-60129-694-0
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 9910458495503321
• Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II