In May 1993 representatives of ten countries met for two days in Dublin under the auspices of the European Healthcare Management Association to explore similarities, differences and potential ways forward to strengthen management development for those doctors managing clinical resources. Prior to the conference the co-ordinators from each participating country ...
This volume describes in detail the organisation of resources and the distribution of doctors, nurses, physiotherapists, occupational therapists and others working in geriatric units. It also examines and compares different styles of geriatric practice. The authors argue that planning should be done on a national basis. They include suggestions for ...
These papers complement a wide variety of material made available to the Commission on health service finance. The first paper discusses the alternative models of financing health services. The second paper describes one of those models as used in the NHS: health service charges. The third paper discusses efficient management ...
This international seminar was held to consider ways and means of providing the best possible health care with restricted resources and the part that administrators play in such provision.
The topics discussed in this document are all broadly concerned with management in medicine. They include the need to plan and to evaluate the aims and achievements of the health service, consideration of problems involved, and discussion of some techniques and recent developments.
The Wanless review Securing our Future Health, published by the Treasury in 2002, concluded that the United Kingdom would need to spend substantially more on health care and that fundamental reform would be needed to enable those resources to be used effectively. Five years on, The King's Fund has commissioned ...