Planning and Evaluating Health Programs A Primer

by Hale, Charles D.; Arnold, Frank; Travis, Marvin T

• ISBN13: 9780827354487
• ISBN10: 0827354487
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 1993-08-25
• Publisher: Cengage Learning

Summary

This new text provides a concise, practical approach to planning, managing, and evaluating health programs at the operational level. Three models are presented: a health program planning model, an evaluation model, and a documentation model. Combined, they provide a comprehensive, integrated tool for health program planning and evaluation.

Table of Contents

Preface
The Planning Challenge	p. 3
An Operations Health Program Planning Model	p. 12
A Program Evaluation Model	p. 34
A Planning Documentation Model	p. 44
Health Planning Methods: Demography	p. 61
Health Planning Methods: Epidemiology	p. 72
Health Planning Methods: Health Services Research	p. 95
Health Planning Methods: Budgeting	p. 123
Health Planning Methods: Implementation Strategies	p. 138
Management Information Systems: Introduction	p. 157
Management Information Systems: Applications	p. 170
Case I Navalley Hospital Biomedical Equipment Repair Program	p. 187
Case II West Coast Health Care Systems Cancer Center, Cancer Patient Support Services	p. 196
Answers to Review and Application Questions	p. 210
Glossary	p. 215
References	p. 221
Author Index	p. 225
Subject Index	p. 227
Table of Contents provided by Blackwell. All Rights Reserved.