Health status measurement : a perspective on change
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Health status measurement : a perspective on change
(Economic issues in health care)
Macmillan, 1995
- pbk
Available at 2 libraries
  Aomori
  Iwate
  Miyagi
  Akita
  Yamagata
  Fukushima
  Ibaraki
  Tochigi
  Gunma
  Saitama
  Chiba
  Tokyo
  Kanagawa
  Niigata
  Toyama
  Ishikawa
  Fukui
  Yamanashi
  Nagano
  Gifu
  Shizuoka
  Aichi
  Mie
  Shiga
  Kyoto
  Osaka
  Hyogo
  Nara
  Wakayama
  Tottori
  Shimane
  Okayama
  Hiroshima
  Yamaguchi
  Tokushima
  Kagawa
  Ehime
  Kochi
  Fukuoka
  Saga
  Nagasaki
  Kumamoto
  Oita
  Miyazaki
  Kagoshima
  Okinawa
  Korea
  China
  Thailand
  United Kingdom
  Germany
  Switzerland
  France
  Belgium
  Netherlands
  Sweden
  Norway
  United States of America
Note
Bibliography: p. 125-136
Includes index
Description and Table of Contents
- Volume
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ISBN 9780333527191
Description
The measurement of health status, ie, the quality, sophistication and success of treatment and services offered by a country is an important issue in health services today. This issue is important, not just in the UK, but throughout the world. This book, part of the successful Economic Issues in Healthcare Series, presents a layman's guide to the measures and measurements of health status. It is ideal for all those studying on health economics and health management courses.
Table of Contents
- The upsurge of interest in health-status measurement
- an outline of the development of health-status measures
- methodology
- quality as an issue
- the measurement process
- implications for decision-making
- trends and issues
- concluding remarks.
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pbk ISBN 9780333527207
Description
The measurement of health status - the quality, sophistication and success of treatment and services offered by a country - is covered in this book. It looks at current controversies in health-status management and discusses a variety of health-status measures.
Table of Contents
- The upsurge of interest in health-status measurement
- an outline of the development of health-status measures
- methodology
- quality as an issue
- the measurement process
- implications for decision-making
- trends and issues
- concluding remarks.
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