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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...

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Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Otros Autores: Reinke, William A.
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: 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