by Xingzhu Liu (2003)
This study is a result of trying to answer for the WHO the question, "Are there any policy tools that have been shown to improve the allocative efficiency of health care provision?" It does not simply tell policy-makers which tools to take up, but rather how to determine which ones are more likely to be feasible and effective, given particular circumstances of political and administrative capacity, knowledge on the part of both providers and consumers, and other factors which affect whether a policy tool can be used, and with what outcome.
Kajsa Lindberg, Alexander Styhre, Lars Walter
"Assembling Health Care Organizations combines an institutional theory perspective with a materialist view of the technologies, devices, biological specimens, and other material resources mobilized and put to work in health care work"--
J.A. Muir Gray
This book aims to help those people who have to make decisions about groups of patients and/or populations base such decisions on a careful appraisal of the best evidence available. The contents cover three main topics: (a) finding and appraising evidence; (b) developing the capacity of individuals and organisations to use evidence; and (c) implementation (getting research into practice).
M. Malek, J. Rasquinha, P. Vacani
This volume addresses health care planning and management, tackling a number of issues relevant to the problem of the efficient management of health care resources. It covers such topics as consumer behaviour and managerial styles as well as the utilization of information technology.
[edited by Don de Savigny and Taghreed Adam
Makes the case for systems thinking in an easily accessible form for a broad interdisciplinary audience, including health system stewards, programme implementers, researchers, evaluators, and funding partners.