ABSTRACT

Harrison and Prentice aim to provide a source of reference and reflection for those who are concerned with the planning of hospitals themselves or who are concerned with the health care delivery system as a whole. The authors set out a detailed framework for analyzing hospital services in relation to other providers, based on clinical quality, costs of provision, and access. The book also contains a series of recommendations for action.

chapter 1|12 pages

The development of hospital policy

chapter 2|20 pages

Why general hospitals?

chapter 3|16 pages

Systems of hospitals

chapter 4|10 pages

Hospitals and other providers

chapter 5|19 pages

Scale, scope and clinical quality

chapter 6|10 pages

Scale, scope and costs

chapter 7|15 pages

Access

chapter 8|26 pages

The demand for hospital services

chapter 9|22 pages

The supply of hospital services

chapter 10|7 pages

Access: prospects and policies

chapter 11|19 pages

What should be done?

chapter |4 pages

Annex

chapter |8 pages

Bibliographical notes