TY - BOOK AU - Schulz, R|Johnson, A.C. TI - Management of hospitals and health services: Strategic issues and performance SN - 1-58798-174-2 AV - WX 155 .S38 2003 PY - 2003/// CY - Washington, D.C. PB - BeardBooks KW - Organisation and Administration|Delivery of Health Care|Practice Management, Medical N1 - Applies organisation and management theories to contemporary issues in the strategic management of health services recognising the changes and challenges involved in addressing the problems of fixing health care systems. It discusses environmental factors that affect the health care industry, their impact on the management of the services, internal organisation issues such as clinical activities that are unique to specific organisations, and the managerial functions and issues that determine the cost of care such as human resource management, accounting, marketing, and risk issues. Presenting an outlook into the future, the book considers managerial ethics in the management of health services ER -