The new edition of this Shingo Prize-winning international bestseller lays out a framework for defining and understanding Lean hospitals. It starts off by examining the challenges faced by hospitals, including rising costs, falling reimbursement rates, employee retention, and pa…
Health communication: a multicultural perspective
Evidence-based medicine is ingrained in the practice of modern medicine. Patient choice is increasingly high on the political agenda. Can the two trends co-exist? This book charts the changing relationship between patients and their health care providers, exploring how the share…
Applied Econometrics for Health Economists' introduces readers to the appropriate econometric techniques for use with different forms of survey data - known collectively as microeconometrics.