1st Edition

Management of Healthcare

Edited By Rosemary Stewart Copyright 1998
    388 Pages
    by Routledge

    388 Pages
    by Routledge

    Published in 1998, this collection of essays on the management of healthcare look at topics such as: income, distribution and life expectancy; internal market reform of the National Health Service; the changing nature of the medical profession; and doctors as managers.

    Part 1: Context for Management  1. Arthur Kleinnman (1978), ‘Concepts and a Model for the Comparison of Medical Systems as Cultural Systems’, Social Science and Medicine, 12, pp. 85-93  2. Rudolf Klein (1985), ‘ Management in Health Care: The Politics of Innovation’, International Journal of Health Planning and Management, 1, pp. 57-63  3. Christine K. Cassel, Mark A. Rudberg and S. Jay Olshanksky (1992), ‘The Prince of Success: Health Care in an Aging Society’, Health Affairs, 11, pp. 97 – 99  4. R.G Wilkinson (1992), ‘Income Distribution and Life Expectancy’, British Medical Journal, 304, pp.199-201  5. Robert Maxwell (1993), 'London After Tomlinson: Other Cities, Same Problems', British Medical Journal, 306, pp. 199-201  6. Akira Babazono and Alan L. Hillman (1994), ‘A Comparison of International Health Outcomes and Health Care Spending’, International Journal of Technology Assessments in Health Care, 10, pp. 376-81  7. George Davey Smith, David Blane and Mel Bartley (1994), ‘ Explanations for Socio-Economic Differentials in Mortality: Evidence for Britain Elsewhere’, European Journal of Public Health, 4, pp.131-44  8. Arthur Caplan (1995), ‘An Improved Future? Medical Advances Challenge Thinking on Living, Dying and Being Human’, Scientific American, 273, pp. 110 – 11 Part 2: Health Care Reforms  9. David Mechanic (1981), ‘ Some Dilemmas in Health Care Policy’, Milbank Memorial Fund Quarterly/Health and Society, 59, pp. 1- 15  10. Harold S. Luft (1991), ‘Translating the U.S HMO Experience to Other Health Systems’, Health Affairs, Fall, pp. 172- 86  11. Alain C. Enthoven (1991), ‘Internal Market Reform of the British National Health Service’, Health Affairs, Fall, pp. 60-70  12. Donald W. Light (1993), ‘ Escaping that Traps of Postwar Western Medicine: How to Maximize Health and Minimize Expenses’, European Jornal of Public Health, 3, pp. 281-9  13. Chris Ham and Mats Brommels (1994), ‘Health Care Reform in the Netherlands, Sweden and the United Kingdom’, Health Affairs, 13, pp. 106-19  14. Richard B. Saltman (1994), ‘A Conceptual Overview of Recent Healthcare Reforms’, European Journal of Public Health, 4, pp.287-93  15. Dov Chernichovsky (1995), ‘Health System Reforms in Industrialized Democracies: An Emerging Paradigm’, The Milbank Quarterly, 73, pp. 339-72  Part 3: Service Management  16. R.J Maxwell (1984), ‘Quality Assessment in Health’, British Medical Journal, 288, pp. 1470-72  17. Donald M. Berwick (1989), ‘Continuous Improvement as an Ideal in Health Care’, New England Journal of Medicine, 320, pp.53-6  18. Christopher Pollitt (1990), ‘Doing Business in the Temple? Managers and Quality Assurance in the Public Services’, Public Administration, 68, pp. 435-52  19. Jane Lightfoot (1995), ‘Identifying Needs and Setting Priorities: Issues of Theory, Policy and Practice’, Heath and Social Care, 3, pp.105-14  20. Vahe A. Kazandjian, Richard G. Thomson, William R. Law and Kathryn Waldron (1996), ‘Do Performance Indicators Make a Difference?’, Joint Commission Journal on Quality Improvement, 22, pp. 482 – 91  Part 4: Service Management  21. J.M. Yates and M. G. Davidge (1984), ‘Can You Measure Performance?’, British Medical Journal, 288, pp. 1935 – 6  22. Peter Smith (1987), ‘Performance Indicators in the National Health Service’, Public Money and Management, 6, pp.35 – 9  23. Michael Calnan (1989), ‘Towards a Conceptual Framework if Lay Evaluation of Health Care’, Social Science and Medicine, 27, pp.927-33  24. Neil Carter (1989), ‘Performance Indicators: ‘’Backseat Driving’’ or ‘’Hands Off’’ Control?’, Policy and Politics, 17, pp. 131-8  25. Nick Black and Alistair Johnston (1990), ‘Volume and Outcome in Hospital Care: Evidence and Implications’, Health Services Management Research, 3, pp. 108-14  26. Peter Cutler (1993), ‘Trends in the Structure, Productivity, Effectiveness and Unit Costs of the Hospital and Community Health Services Workforce in England: 1979-1991’, Health Economics, 2, pp. 65-75  Part 5: Management Professionals  27. W. Richard Scott (1982), ‘Managing Professional Work: Three Models of Control for Health Organisations’, Health Services Research, 17, pp. 213 – 40  28. Donald Light and Sol Levine (1988), ‘The Changing Character of the Medical Profession: A Theoretical Overview’, The Milbank Quartely, 66, pp. 10- 32  29. Rosemary Crompton (1990), ‘Professions in the Current Context’, Work, Employment and Society, May, pp. 147 – 66  30. Alan L. Hillman (1991), ‘Managing the Physician: Rules Versus Incentives’, Health Affairs, 10, pp. 138-46  31. David J. Hunter (1992), ‘Doctors as Managers: Poachers Turned Gamekeepers?’, Social Science and Medicine, 35, pp. 557 -66.

    Biography

    Rosemary Stewart