The world is a better place than it used to be. People are wealthier and healthier, and live longer lives. Yet the escapes from destitution by so many have left gaping inequalities between people and between nations. Here, Angus Deaton tells the remarkable story of how, starting…
This study of the practice of blood transfusion in Africa traces the history of one of the most important therapies in modern medicine from the period of colonial rule to independence and the AIDS epidemic. The introduction of transfusion held great promise for improving health,…
Each chapter in this book focuses on one or more performances that clinical practitioners must achieve with some regularity. It explores ways - communication and literary theory, ethnography, and discourse analysis - to express what practitioners do in clinics and hospitals.
Older People and Community Care sets social and health care practice with older people firmly in the context of the new community care arrangements and the consequent organizational trends towards a market culture. However, it also questions the relative lack of attention given …
This guide covers the important angles of your grant application. It takes you through the grant application process, explaining how to present the justification for the proposed project, describe the study design clearly, estimate the financial costs, understand a typical revie…
"A Beginner's Guide to Evidence Based Practice in Health and Social Care is for anyone who has ever wondered what evidence based practice is or how to relate it to practice. It presents the topic in a simple, easy to understand way, enabling those unfamiliar with evidence based …
Diagnosis-related groups (DRGs) are used in hospitals for the reimbursement of inpatient services. The assignment of a patient to a DRG can be distinguished into billing- and operations-driven DRG classification. The topic of this monograph is operations-driven DRG classificatio…
A structured strategic management approach is what's needed to tackle the revolutionary change the health care system has been experiencing. Today, health care organizations have almost universally embraced the strategic perspective first developed in the business sector and now…
Ghana has committed politically, legislatively, and fiscally to providing universal health insurance coverage for its population with the intent of reducing financial barriers to utilization of health care.. However, under current cost and enrollment projections the system will …
"The key to improving health services in many countries today is the capacity to develop strategy and think actively about policy. The Health Care Policy Process considers the relationship between planning and policy, taking as its starting point an analysis of health care and t…
by Quagliariello, Chiara, Kline, Nolan, DeBono, Daniela, Ferrero, Laura, Vargas, Ana Cristina, Barbosa, Tatiane, Cingolani, Pietro, Goldberg, Alejandro, Kerbage, Hala, Marranconi, Filippo, Martin, Denise, Silveira, Cássio, Viladrich, Anahí
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Based on extensive field research, the essays in this volume illuminate the experiences of migrants from their own point of view, providing a critical understanding of the complex social reality in which each experience is grounded. Access to medical care for migrants is a funda…
Qualitative Metasynthesis presents a research method developed for upcycling and synthesis of qualitative primary studies, aimed at researchers within medicine and health sciences.This book demonstrates how and why qualitative metasynthesis can be a method for reuse and expansio…
"Principles in Health Economics and Policy is a clear and concise introduction to health economics and its application to health policy. It introduces the subject of economics, explains the fundamental failures in the market for health care, and discusses the concepts of equity …
