The Quality Imperative: Measurement and Management of Quality in Healthcare - Couverture rigide

Couverture rigide

ISBN 10 : 1860941737 ISBN 13 : 9781860941733

Editeur : Imperial College Press, 1999

Synopsis

Efforts to reform healthcare systems around the globe are proliferating rapidly. No country is immune from the two fundamental pressures that are driving change: cost and access. Every system is experimenting with measures designed to contain costs while simultaneously trying to determine how best to resolve the question of who should be eligible for what services under what conditions.In the midst of these experiments, serious concerns about quality are being raised. Are efforts to contain costs leading to practices which have a detrimental impact on quality? What, in fact, is "quality" in the world of healthcare? How should it be measured? And how can it be improved? These questions are on the cutting edge of debates about the management of healthcare in the future.This book examines these questions in detail by combining chapters outlining the basic issues with others describing state-of-the-art efforts to measure and manage quality more effectively. The result is an up-to-date compendium of issues and experiences presented by leading researchers and practitioners which should be of interest to healthcare managers and policy makers as well as to students and researchers in the field.

Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: Imperial College Press
• Date d'édition: 1999
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN 10: 1860941737
• ISBN 13: 9781860941733
• Reliure: Relié
• Nombre de pages: 224
• Éditeur: Kimberly John R, Minvielle Etienne
• Coordonnées du fabricant: non disponible
• Personne responsable: non disponible