Analytical Models for Decision-Making With CD

Informationen zum Autor Reader in Health Services Research at London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine Klappentext Health care systems are complex and! as a result! it is often unclear what the effects of changes in policy or service provision might be. At the same time! resources for health care tend to be in short supply! which means that public health practitioners have to make difficult decisions. This book describes the quantitative and qualitative methods that can help decision-makers to structure and clarify difficult problems and to explore the implications of pursuing different options. The accompanying CD ROM provides the opportunity to try out some of the proposed solutions. The book examines: Models and decision-making in health care Methods for clarifying complex decisionsModels for service planning and resource allocationModelling for evaluating changes in systems Series Editors: Rosalind Plowman and Nicki Thorogood. Zusammenfassung Health care systems are complex and! as a result! it is often unclear what the effects of changes in policy or service provision might be. This book describes the quantitative and qualitative methods that can help decision-makers to structure and clarify difficult problems and to explore the implications of pursuing different options. Inhaltsverzeichnis Section 1: Models and decision-making in health careThe role of models Building a decision support model Strategic Options Development and Analysis Section 2: Methods for clarifying complex decisionsCriteria Uncertainty Risk Section 3: Models for service planning and resource allocation Population need for a specific service Balanced service provision Hospital models Section 4: Modelling for evaluating changes in systems Modelling flows through systems Irregular flows: Systems with queues Outline review Glossary Index ...

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• Authors: Reinhold Gruen, Colin Sanderson, Colin Gruen Sanderson, Colin J. Sanderson, Colin J. Gruen Sanderson
• Publisher: Open University Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 16.02.2006
• EAN: 9780335218455
• ISBN: 978-0-335-21845-5
• No. of pages: 224
• Series: UK Higher Education OUP Humanities & Social Sciences Health & Social Welfare; UK Higher Education OUP Humanities & Social Sciences Health & Social Welfare
• Subjects: Guides > Law, job, finance; Social sciences, law, business > Business > Business administration