ABSTRACT

In every developed country, health care managers, clinicians, purchasers and providers are having to extract greater output from cash-limited resources. This book reviews a wide range of areas of current concern together with the practical experience of those responsible for improvement and change. The opportunities and pitfalls they identify should stimulate innovation and fresh ideas in those faced with similar situations.

part One

Focusing Clinical Activity on Outcomes

part Two|88 pages

Acting Now to Prevent Later Problems

chapter 10|13 pages

Overview

chapter 13|9 pages

Preventing low birth weight

chapter 16|8 pages

Shifting the focus in dental care

chapter 19|7 pages

Tertiary preventive programmes

part Three|91 pages

Doing Things Differently

chapter 20|9 pages

Overview

chapter 22|6 pages

The community pharmacist

chapter 25|9 pages

Nursing resources in primary care

chapter 28|8 pages

Tracking the financial shifts

chapter 29|5 pages

An alternative to the asylum

chapter 30|11 pages

Physiotherapy in general practice