Health Services Planning

• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Other Authors: Thomas, Richard K. (Editor)
• Format: Electronic
• Language: English
• Published: Boston, MA : Springer US, 2003.
• Edition: Second Edition.
• Subjects: Medicine.; Public health.; Health promotion.; Health informatics.; Medicine & Public Health.; Public Health.; Health Promotion and Disease Prevention.; Health Informatics.
• Online Access: View fulltext via EzAccess

Health Services Planning provides the reader with an understanding of the key concepts related to the planning process and offers step-by-step guidelines for developing any type of plan for a community, a health system or an organization. The author addresses the challenge of health planning at both...

Table of Contents:

• to Health Services Planning
• An Overview of Health Planning
• The Social and Health Systems Context for Health Services Planning
• Health Services Demand and Utilization
• The Planning Process
• The Community Assessment Process
• The Planning Audit
• Strategic Planning
• Marketing Planning
• Business Planning
• Research Methods for Health Services Planning
• Information Sources and Data Management
• The Future of Health Services Planning.