Public ownership / nationalization

Health Economics: An International Perspective is the only textbook to provide a truly international, comparative treatment of health economics.

This 25th Anniversary edition completely updates the powerful insights and policy recommendations of Not What the Doctor Ordered, first published in 1993 by renowned healthcare futurist and medical economist the author.

This 25th Anniversary edition completely updates the powerful insights and policy recommendations of Not What the Doctor Ordered, first published in 1993 by renowned healthcare futurist and medical economist the author.

Mastery of quality health care and patient safety begins as soon as we open the hospital doors for the first time and start acquiring practical experience.

In this book, we invited 146 authors with expertise in health policy, systems design, management, research, or practice, from each of the countries included, to consider health reforms or systems improvements in their country or region.

In this book, we invited 146 authors with expertise in health policy, systems design, management, research, or practice, from each of the countries included, to consider health reforms or systems improvements in their country or region.

Imagine: You are a hospital Chief Executive Officer, Chief Financial Officer, medical or nursing director, patient safety specialist, quality improvement professional, or a doctor or nurse on the front lines of patient care.

Imagine: You are a hospital Chief Executive Officer, Chief Financial Officer, medical or nursing director, patient safety specialist, quality improvement professional, or a doctor or nurse on the front lines of patient care.

Business doing good is doing good business; this book learns from the era where governments ruled the world, pre-globalisation, and where business looked after itself, where issues like climate change, resource depletion and even poverty and hunger were not thought to be the responsibility of business.

Business doing good is doing good business; this book learns from the era where governments ruled the world, pre-globalisation, and where business looked after itself, where issues like climate change, resource depletion and even poverty and hunger were not thought to be the responsibility of business.

The best decisions made by public managers are based not on instinct, but on an informed understanding of what's happening on the ground.

The best decisions made by public managers are based not on instinct, but on an informed understanding of what's happening on the ground.

Over the last 10 years, the concept of value has emerged in both business and public life as part of an important process of measuring, benchmarking, and assuring the resources we invest and the outcomes we generate from our activities.

Over the last 10 years, the concept of value has emerged in both business and public life as part of an important process of measuring, benchmarking, and assuring the resources we invest and the outcomes we generate from our activities.

Occupational Safety and Hygiene V contains selected contributions from the International Symposium on Occupational Safety and Hygiene (SHO 2017, 10-11 April 2017, Guimaraes, Portugal).

Occupational Safety and Hygiene V contains selected contributions from the International Symposium on Occupational Safety and Hygiene (SHO 2017, 10-11 April 2017, Guimaraes, Portugal).

Arts and Cultural Management: Sense and Sensibilities in the State of the Field opens a conversation that is much needed for anyone identifying arts management or cultural management as primary areas of research, teaching, or practice.

Arts and Cultural Management: Sense and Sensibilities in the State of the Field opens a conversation that is much needed for anyone identifying arts management or cultural management as primary areas of research, teaching, or practice.

The growth of philanthropic foundations in numbers and significance raises two immediate questions.

The growth of philanthropic foundations in numbers and significance raises two immediate questions.

Managing Public and Nonprofit Organizations approaches public management learning in a unique way, examining more than 100 high-profile and little-known administrative failure and success stories to explore how failures happen, how they can be prevented, and how to replicate successes in other jurisdictions.

Managing Public and Nonprofit Organizations approaches public management learning in a unique way, examining more than 100 high-profile and little-known administrative failure and success stories to explore how failures happen, how they can be prevented, and how to replicate successes in other jurisdictions.

Entrepreneurship in the Healthcare sector has received increased attention over the last two decades, both in terms of scholarly research and number of innovative enterprises.

Entrepreneurship in the Healthcare sector has received increased attention over the last two decades, both in terms of scholarly research and number of innovative enterprises.

Universities are important public institutions and are seen as key drivers for a country's economic and intellectual development.

Universities are important public institutions and are seen as key drivers for a country's economic and intellectual development.

We are in the midst of what may well be the most confusing, turbulent period in the history of modern medicine.

We are in the midst of what may well be the most confusing, turbulent period in the history of modern medicine.

This title is a comprehensive account of the key aspects of medical leadership.

This title is a comprehensive account of the key aspects of medical leadership.

Healthcare Informatics: Improving Efficiency through Technology, Analytics, and Management supplies an understanding of the different types of healthcare service providers, corresponding information technologies, analytic methods, and data issues that play a vital role in transforming the healthcare industry.

This revised and updated book explores the academics behind managing the complex service environment that is the Emergency Department (ED) by combining applied management science and practical experiences to create a model of how to improve operations.

Translating research into practice involves creating interventions that are relevant to improving the lives of a target population.

The best healthcare organizations have developed effective approaches to develop compelling strategic visions and strategies based on long-term thinking and continue to apply Lean principles across their organizations to create a culture of continuous improvement.

The vast majority of healthcare is provided safely and effectively.

As the healthcare market moves toward an era of patient engagement, population health and patient advocates, practitioners need a practical how-to guide that helps facilitate their teaching with patients and family members on not just writing down or accumulating a personal health record, but an interactive process that converts the personal health information into a data-driven decision-making process.

Everywhere you look in healthcare, disruptive changes are emerging, yet the pressure to keep productivity up is ever-present.

Over a quarter century of studies have shown that addictions, mental illnesses, and their combinations (dual diagnoses) are pervasive in the general population.

During this era of continuous improvement, healthcare organizations need to be staffed by engaged, motivated, and hard-working frontline employees.

This book highlights success stories and challenges to implementing health IT standards.

Grant-making foundations play a crucial role in financing a wide range of philanthropic projects that contribute to the social and economic development of targeted communities.

This book offers a new perspective on improving healthcare that draws inspiration from sources as diverse as American healthcare history, Lean Six Sigma, patient experience, employee engagement, clinical microsystems, physician burnout, and industrial design thinking.

Good teamwork ensures the close collaboration and coordination between professional groups and across disciplinary boundaries.

The change from traditional ways of producing and managing healthcare services to a just-in-time approach requires a new understanding about what adds value for the patient or customer, and what does not.

Malaysia and South Africa implement the most extensive affirmative action programmes worldwide.

Malaysia and South Africa implement the most extensive affirmative action programmes worldwide.

In recent years civil society has been seen as a key route for democracy promotion and solving development 'problems' in low-income countries.

In recent years civil society has been seen as a key route for democracy promotion and solving development 'problems' in low-income countries.

You got into healthcare because you wanted to help people, but quickly discovered providing high-quality care is challenging.

Medical practice and research are inconceivable today without electronic computing and communication tools.