Analytical models for decision making
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Analytical models for decision making
(Understanding public health)
Open University Press, 2006
- : pbk.
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Note
CD-ROM in pocket
Includes bibliographicla references and index
Description and Table of Contents
Description
Health care systems are complex and, as a result, it is often unclear what the effects of changes in policy or service provision might be. At the same time, resources for health care tend to be in short supply, which means that public health practitioners have to make difficult decisions. This book describes the quantitative and qualitative methods that can help decision-makers to structure and clarify difficult problems and to explore the implications of pursuing different options. The accompanying CD ROM provides the opportunity to try out some of the proposed solutions.The book examines:
Models and decision-making in health care
Methods for clarifying complex decisions
Models for service planning and resource allocation
Modelling for evaluating changes in systems
Series Editors: Rosalind Plowman and Nicki Thorogood.
Table of Contents
Section 1: Models and decision-making in health careThe role of models
Building a decision support model
Strategic Options Development and Analysis Section 2: Methods for clarifying complex decisionsCriteria
Uncertainty
Risk
Section 3: Models for service planning and resource allocation
Population need for a specific service
Balanced service provision
Hospital models
Section 4: Modelling for evaluating changes in systems
Modelling flows through systems
Irregular flows: Systems with queues
Outline review
Glossary
Index
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