focuses on operations management and the strategic implementation of programs, techniques, and tools for reducing costs and improving quality. It covers the basics of operations management and explains how operations and process improvement relate to contemporary healthcare trends such as evidence-based medicine and pay-for-performance. The book's practical approach includes real-world examples…
The Healthcare Industry continues to undergo enormous changes with new laws and policies, fresh innovations, and an increasingly educated health consumer. As such, Healthcare Administrators must be prepared to shift their strategies in order to meet the demands of this dynamic market. Third Edition will provide your students with a foundational knowledge of the principles of marketing and their…
Process evaluation is an important component of any programme evaluation or intervention research effort. In the tradition of "Designing and Conducting Health Surveys", by Lu Ann Aday, this is a resource for scholars, trainers, and students of public health
To make health care a better place for employees to work, physicians to practice medicine, and patirents to receive care
A concise introduction to biostatistics for both undergraduates and graduates in various fields of public health. The book will include strong coverage of biostatistical principles and focuses on common types of data encountered in public health and biomedical fields. This text will put equal emphasis on exploratory and confirmatory statistical methods. Sampling, exploratory data analysis, esti…
Measurement in Health Behavior is a practical, step-by-step introduction to the wide variety of measurement methods in the field of health behavior research. The text addresses the practical issues related to the development of measures of health behavior and provides information on how to conduct the reliability and validity tests." "Measurement in Health Behavior offers faculty, students, res…
To improve men's and women's health, individuals, researchers, and policymakers must understand the social and biological sources of the perplexing gender differences in illness and longevity. This text examines how men's and women's lives and physiology contribute to differences in their health
Featuring new expert contributing authors from across the country, this timely revision addresses all the important topics in the effective management of public health departments and agencies. Using a practical, nontheoretical approach, the book is ideal for the hands-on management of these complex organizations and their daily operations. The third edition has been thoroughly revised with new…