The Changing Role of the Hospital in European Health Systems

Hospitals today face a huge number of challenges, including new patterns of disease, rapidly evolving medical technologies, ageing populations and continuing budget constraints. This book is written by clinicians for clinicians and hospital managers, and those who design and operate hospitals. It se...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Autor Corporativo: European Observatory on Health Systems and Policies, sponsoring body (sponsoring body)
Otros Autores: McKee, Martin, editor (editor)
Formato: Libro electrónico
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Cambridge, England : Cambridge University Press [2020]
Edición:First edition
Colección:European Observatory on Health Systems and Policies series.
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Sumario:Hospitals today face a huge number of challenges, including new patterns of disease, rapidly evolving medical technologies, ageing populations and continuing budget constraints. This book is written by clinicians for clinicians and hospital managers, and those who design and operate hospitals. It sets out why hospitals need to change as the patients they treat and the technology to treat them changes. In a series of chapters by leading authorities in their field, it challenges existing models, reviews best practice from many countries and presents clear policy recommendations for policymakers and hospital administrators. It covers the main patient groups and conditions as well as those departments that make modern effective care possible, in imaging and laboratory medicine. Each chapter looks at patient pathways, aspects of workforce, required levels of specialisation and technology, and the opportunities and challenges for optimising the delivery of services in the hospital of the future. This title is also available as Open Access on Cambridge Core.
Notas:Title from publisher's bibliographic system (viewed on 07 Jul 2020).
Descripción Física:1 online resource (xix, 305 pages) : digital, PDF file(s)
Bibliografía:Includes bibliographical references and index.
ISBN:9781108846806
9781108803670
9781108855440