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Analysis and Evaluation of Health Care Systems: An Integrated Approach to Managerial Decision Making
Analysis and Evaluation of Health Care Systems An Integrated Approach to Managerial Decision Making Author:Thomas T. H. Wan Analysis and Evaluation of Health Care Systems provides the health services manager, researcher, or planner with a range of quantitative methods for assessing health care systems and improving managerial decision making. Filled with ideas for conducting successful management studies, this comprehensive book examines a variety of quantita... more »tive methods, including forecasting, designing outcome evaluation studies, and performing cross-sectional and time-span analyses. Analysis and Evaluation of Health Care Systems employs the principles of scientific inquiry to show readers how to: allocate health care resources by using managerial epidemiology assess and evaluate the independent and interactive effects of interventions determine the value of a program by conducting evaluation research forecast the impact of future demands for a specific type of service on health care outcomes or the performance of health care organizations Designed for graduate students in health administration and public health and for practicing health services administrators, Analysis and Evaluation of Health Care Systems will sharpen readers' problem-solving skills and equip them to make informed decisions.« less