Public Health Papers - Health Services: Concepts and Information for National Planning and Management
İÇİNDEKİLERCONTENTS Foreword 1. Contemporary problems and issues in the health services World-wide concern about health and the health services WHO's current concern with world health problems Major problems and issues in the provision of health services ....................................... Objective of this volume .......................... 2. Problems of information in health services administration and planning .................................... Improving the capacity for decision-making .......... Questions that need answers ....................... 3. Main aspects of the WHO/International Collaborative Study of Medical Care Utilization..................... Background of the International Collaborative Study Organization and methods of the study.............. The study model of health services use.............. Application of the model in the analysis of data....... 4. Approach to assessment of health care systems and the use of health services .............................. Presentation of data.............................. Assessment of need .............................. Assessment of resources........................... Classification of health care systems ................ Summary observations on use...................... Influence of social and behavioural factors on use..... Twelve case studies: patterns of need, resources, and use Some implications of the study findings............. 5. Approaches to resource allocation .................... Balance between need, resources, and use............ Substitution among resources ...................... Productivity of health care systems.................. Target groups ................................... Unmet need ...................................6. The International Collaborative Study approach and health information systems ................................ Role of health interview surveys.................... Some concepts of health information systems.......... 7. Summary: some guiding principles in health care planning . Acknowledgements ....................................  |
