Health planning for effective management /
Extending the ideas presented in the highly successful Health Planning: Qualitative Aspects and Quantitative Techniques (1972), this book looks at practical aspects of implementing primary health care programmes. The book's three sections cover: the policy issues and conceptual framework for pl...
Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
Idioma: | Inglés |
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New York :
Oxford University Press,
1988.
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Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
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- Contents
- Contributors
- I: The Integration of Planning with Action
- 1 The Process, Structure, and Functions of Planning
- Planning Scope and Structure
- Planning as an Educational Process
- Stages of the Planning Process
- 2 Management Analysis
- Recent Directions in Health Planning
- Specific Management Issues
- 3 Health Systems Research in Relation to Planning
- Scope and Features of Research
- Illustrative Research Issues
- Approaches and Methodology
- Institutionalization of Research
- 4 Health Services Program Evaluation
- Scope and Purpose of EvaluationMain Features of Management Decision Making
- Capturing the Dynamics of Evaluation
- Evaluation Measures
- Evaluation Principles and Practice
- II: The Planning Process: Concepts, Methods, and Strategies
- 5 An Overview of the Planning Process
- Conceptualization of the Health Services System
- The Essence of Planning
- The Information Base
- 6 Political Aspects of Planning
- The Political Perspective
- Consequent Difficulties in Planning
- Implications of Political Issues for Planning
- Summary
- 7 Economic Aspects of Health PlanningGeneral Economic Concerns
- Microeconomic Considerations
- Macroeconomic Considerations
- Health Care Financing
- Some Concluding Observations
- 8 The Demographic Base for Health Planning
- General Demographic Considerations
- Sources of Demographic Data
- Errors in Demographic Data
- Specific Demographic Data Needed for Health Planning
- 9 Epidemiologic Base for Health Planning
- Scope of Concern
- Epidemiologic Measures
- Indicators
- Obtaining the Information
- Concluding Observations
- 10 Health Personnel PlanningSupply Analysis
- Demand Analysis
- Productivity
- Will Supply Match Demand? Recommendations to Effect a Balance
- 11 Planning Health Facilities
- Scope and Importance
- Needs Assessment
- Cost Analysis and Accounting
- Focus on Implementation
- Summary
- 12 Financial Analysis
- Scope and Purposes
- Organizational Implications
- Organizational Arrangements
- Financing Mechanisms
- Timing of Program Expenditures
- Budget Preparation and Analysis
- 13 Community Involvement
- Historical Background
- Justifications for New Concepts of Community InvolvementThe Major Components of Community Involvement
- Practical Process of Implementation
- 14 Organizational Structure and Process
- Structural Considerations
- Communications Networks
- The Decision Process
- Summary
- III: Toward Plan Implementation: Analytic Techniques and Tactical Considerations
- 15 Tools for Improving the Process of Planning
- Procedures for Obtaining Group Consensus
- Logical Framework for Planning and Evaluation
- Scheduling: Network Analysis
- 16 Sample Surveys