Health services planning

The third edition of Health Services Planning represents a necessary revision of the second edition (2003) and reflects the significant changes that have occurred in the social and health environments, the healthcare field, and the planning endeavor itself. The book reviews the history of health planning (with reference to activities in other countries) before describing the process from start to finish in great detail. The philosophy underlying health planning and its perception, past and present, are reviewed with a particular emphasis on the factors that are making health planning more relevant than ever. The steps in the health services planning process are reviewed and supported by how-to guidance, examples of planning applications, and planning case studies. The various levels and types of planning are described (societal, community, organizational; strategic, business, marketing), and the similarities and differences discussed. New and updated chapters in this edition cover the planning requirements introduced through the Affordable Care Act, the rethinking of the community health needs assessment process, and the implications of the population health movement for health planning: The Social and Health Systems Context for Health Services Planning The Changing Environment for Health Planning The New Community Assessment Process From Community Health Needs Assessment to Population Health Assessment Health Services Planning, 3rd Ed., remains a critical resource for health administration programs, as well as an essential publication for health professionals in both public and private sector healthcare organizations that need to have an understanding of the planning process.

Intro -- Preface -- Contents -- About the Author -- Chapter 1: Introduction to Health Services Planning -- What Is Planning? -- What Is a Plan? -- What Is Health Services Planning? -- How Is Health Services Planning Different? -- The Diverse Functions of Healthcare -- The Political Nature of Planning -- Who Needs Health Planning? -- Planning for Whom? -- Why Is Health Planning Needed? -- Why the Resistance to Planning? -- What a Plan Is Not -- The Planning Time Horizon -- The Changing Environment for Health Services Planning -- Justifying the Planning Effort

Chapter 2: An Overview of Health Planning -- Nationwide Health Planning -- Community-Wide Health Planning -- Defining the "Community" -- Time Horizons for Planning -- Organization-Level Planning -- Who Should Perform Organization-Level Planning? -- Planning at What Level? -- Geographic Focus for Organization-Level Planning -- Functional Emphasis -- Time Horizon -- Health Planning in the United States: Past and Present -- National Planning Initiatives -- Community-Wide Planning -- Organization-Level Planning -- Current Status of Health Planning -- Federal Level -- Regional Level -- State Level

Local Level -- Renewed Interest …