Kieran Walshe is a professor of health policy and management with over 25 years' experience in health services research. He leads the health management group at Manchester Business School, UK. Judith Smith is a health services researcher and policy analyst with over 20 years' experience, following a prior career in healthcare management. She is Professor of Health Policy and Management and Director of the Health Services Management Centre, University of Birmingham, UK.
Chapter 1: Introduction: The current and future challenges of healthcare
management Part 1: Effective healthcare management Chapter 2: Evidence
based management: A critical appraisal
Part 2: Health systems Chapter 3: The politics of healthcare and the health
policy process: Implications for healthcare management
Chapter 4: Financing healthcare: Funding systems and healthcare costs
Chapter 5: Allocating resources for healthcare: Setting and managing
priorities Chapter 6: Research and innovation in healthcare Chapter 7:
Global health policy: Governing health systems across borders Chapter 8:
Health and well-being: The wider context for healthcare management Part 3:
Healthcare services and organisations
Chapter 9: Primary care Chapter 10: Chronic Disease and integrated care
Chapter 11: Acute care: Elective and emergency, secondary and tertiary
Chapter 12: Mental health
Chapter 13: Social care Chapter 14: Purchasing healthcare Chapter 15:
Capital in the Healthcare System: Buildings, Facilities and Equipment
Chapter 16: Informatics for healthcare systems Chapter 17: The Healthcare
Workforce Chapter 18: Patient and public involvement in healthcare Chapter
19: Governance and accountability in healthcare Chapter 20: Quality
improvement in healthcare Chapter 21: Measuring and managing healthcare
performance
