Advanced Decision Making Methods Applied to Health Care (Hardcover, 2012)

The most difficult part of making decisions in the health care field on all levels (national, regional, institutional, patient) is linked to the very complexity of the system itself, to the intrinsic uncertainty involved and its dynamic nature. This requires not only the ability to analyze and interpret a large amount of information but also arrange it so that it becomes a cognitive base for appropriate decision-making. Moreover, decisions in the health care field are subjected to many challenges and constraints: fast change and uncertain outcomes, aging population, increasing citizen expectations, equity considerations and limited resources. Operations research, statistical and economic-related quantitative methods supply these decisions making tools and methodology. The contributed book presents a collection of applications to concrete situations detailing the problem area, the methodology employed, the implementation and results. Each topic addressed in the book will be structured in such a way that an interdisciplinary and wide audience will be able to use the materials presented. As an example the book chapters will address health policies issues, planning health services, epidemiology and disease modelling, home-care modelling, logistics in health care, capacity planning, quality and appropriateness.

General

Imprint:	Springer-Verlag
Country of origin:	Italy
Series:	International Series in Operations Research & Management Science, 173
Release date:	March 2012
First published:	2012
Editors:	Elena Tanfani • Angela Testi
Dimensions:	234 x 156 x 15mm (L x W x T)
Format:	Hardcover
Pages:	236
Edition:	2012
ISBN-13:	978-88-470-2320-8
Categories:	Books > Medicine > General issues > Health systems & services > Hospital administration & management Books > Business & Economics > Business & management > Management & management techniques > Management decision making > General Promotions
LSN:	88-470-2320-3
Barcode:	9788847023208

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