Effective Management of Private Health Care. This item is unavailable.Effective Management of Private Health Care

In the independent health care industry there is no long tradition of management to illuminate the way that things are done. Rather, each manager seeks to apply sound management principles in his or her own organization or hospital. The contributors to this book are all practical managers rather than professional writers and the views put forward are their personal views, and not necessarily those of their employers. Each chapter is intended to be a reflection of each writer's perspective of health care and they each illustrate a major aspect of management specifically for the independent health care sector. The book provides practical examples of the ways in which the public sector in healthcare has taken the lead in setting performance standards. Areas such as resource management, marketing and financial budgeting are discussed and staffing, finance, registration and inspection of homes, health care trends, management and the overlap with the NHS are also considered.

It should be valuable for both existing and aspiring managers in independent hospitals and homes and should also provide an equally useful insight for National Health Service managers who are grappling with the new problems of marketing and competition in the health service.