Overview
- Comprises high-quality work from an authoritative volume editor
- Covers array of management systems and functions in public health, health systems, and health organizations and programs
- Brings together various disciplines contributing to improve health of people through improved health systems performance
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The book discusses concepts and theories of general management and their specific applications related to public health and health care. Each chapter highlights the ideas and usefulness of different approaches in the context of health management. It addresses problems in different areas of healthcare systems management. It offers solutions in improving the performance, efficiency, and effectiveness of health programs and systems. Some of the topics covered in the book include health systems and policy, epidemiology, biostatistics, population dynamics, health economics and finance, logistics and supply chain, health research, health communication, quality management in health, and legal and ethical issues in health. The book serves as an indispensable resource for the faculties and students of health management or public health globally as well as healthcare professionals and researchers.
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Table of contents (17 chapters)
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Front Matter
Editors and Affiliations
About the editor
S.D. Gupta is a Distinguished Professor and Chairman, IIHMR University. He was Director, Indian Institute of Health Management Research (IIHMR), and the first President of IIHMR University. He is Adjunct Professor at Johns Hopkins School of Public Health, the USA, and Visiting Professor at University of Chester, the UK. He has done pioneering work of creating and establishing the new discipline of health management and promoting research in health policy and health systems and programs. Dr. Gupta is a Public Health Expert with a distinguished academic and research career. He obtained his M.D. (PSM) from India and Ph.D. (Epidemiology) from the Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, USA. He has been conferred Fellowship of National Academy of Medical Sciences (FAMS), India, for his outstanding contribution to the field of public health. He is a Fellow of Indian Association of Preventive and Social Medicine, Indian Public Health Association, and a Long-term Member of the International Epidemiological Association. He has published several research papers and reports. He has been associated in various capacities with several national and international research and academic organizations. He has chaired several scientific and other committees and worked as temporary advisor to WHO. He has served as Member of the Technical Review Panel of the Global Fund. He was President, WHO’s South-East Asia Public Health Education Institutions Network (SEAPHEIN).
Bibliographic Information
Book Title: Healthcare System Management
Book Subtitle: Methods and Techniques
Editors: S. D. Gupta
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-19-3076-8
Publisher: Springer Singapore
eBook Packages: Social Sciences, Social Sciences (R0)
Copyright Information: The Editor(s) (if applicable) and The Author(s), under exclusive license to Springer Nature Singapore Pte Ltd. 2022
Hardcover ISBN: 978-981-19-3075-1Published: 14 September 2022
Softcover ISBN: 978-981-19-3078-2Published: 15 September 2023
eBook ISBN: 978-981-19-3076-8Published: 13 September 2022
Edition Number: 1
Number of Pages: XX, 439
Number of Illustrations: 37 b/w illustrations, 36 illustrations in colour
Topics: Health Policy, Health Care Management, Public Health, Health Informatics