Health Care - Priorities and Management

Originally published in 1980, this book explores how the NHS confronts perennial stresses and problems, considering in particular the allocation of the scarce resources within the health service.

List of contents

1. Introduction 2. Historical Perspective 3. Organisation and Management 4. The Processes of Resource Allocation 5. Planning Systems 6. Monitoring and Control 7. The Cost of Spending More 8. Allocating Resources Equitably 9. Planning Priorities 10. Alternative Financing 11. Effectiveness and Efficiency 12. Improving Organisation and Management 13. Conclusions.

About the author

Gwyn Bevan is Emeritus Professor of Policy Analysis in the Department of Management at the LSE and an Affiliate Professor in the Istituto di Management of the Scuola Superiore Sant'Anna, Pisa. He has served on advisory committees to Secretary of State for Health in England, the Welsh Office, the Lord Chancellor's Department, the Department of International Development, Her Majesty's Inspector of Constabulary, and the Assembly Government of Wales.

Summary

Originally published in 1980, this book explores how the NHS confronts perennial stresses and problems, considering in particular the allocation of the scarce resources within the health service.

Product details

• Authors: Gwyn Bevan, Gwyn Copeman Bevan, Bevan Gwyn, Harold Copeman, Copeman Harold, John Perrin, Perrin John, Rachel Rosser
• Publisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd.
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 30.06.2024
• EAN: 9781032235356
• ISBN: 978-1-0-3223535-6
• No. of pages: 300
• Series: Routledge Library Editions: Health, Disease and Society
• Subjects: Guides > Health; Social sciences, law, business > Sociology; Sociology, HEALTH & FITNESS / Health Care Issues, MEDICAL / Health Care Delivery, HEALTH & FITNESS / Longevity, Illness & addiction: social aspects, History of Medicine, Infectious & contagious diseases, Medical Sociology, Health, illness and addiction: social aspects, Infectious and contagious diseases