Understanding and managing the complexity of healthcare

• Main Authors: Rouse, William B., 1947- (Author), Serban, Nicoleta, 1975- (Author)
• Format: Book
• Language: English
• Published: Cambridge, Massachusetts : The MIT Press, [2014]
• Series: Engineering systems
• Subjects: dostupnost zdravotní péče > Spojené státy americké; zdravotní péče > Spojené státy americké; financování zdravotní péče > Spojené státy americké; systémová analýza > Spojené státy americké; health services accessibility > United States; medical care > United States; medical care financing > United States; system analysis > United States; studie; studies
• ISBN: 9780262027519
• Physical Description: 284 s. : il. ; 24 cm

Table of Contents:

• Introduction
• Complexity of healthcare delivery
• Healthcare costs and their causes
• Impacts of healthcare price controls
• Prevention and wellness
• Chronic disease management
• Equity of care
• Technologies for care
• Data in healthcare
• Methodologies for improvement
• Facilitating change.