The changing role of the hospital in European health systems /

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Imprint:Cambridge, United Kingdom ; New York, NY : Cambridge University Press, 2020.
©2020
Description:1 online resource
Language:English
Series:European observatory on health systems and policies
European Observatory on Health Systems and Policies series.
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Format: E-Resource Book
URL for this record:http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/13479779
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Other authors / contributors:McKee, Martin, editor.
Merkur, Sherry, editor.
Edwards, Nigel, 1961- editor.
Nolte, Ellen, editor.
European Observatory on Health Systems and Policies, sponsoring body.
ISBN:9781108855440
110885544X
9781108790055
1108790054
Notes:Includes bibliographical references and index.
Online resource; title from digital title page (viewed on July 08, 2020).
Summary:"Hospitals today face a huge number of challenges, including new patterns of disease, rapidly evolving medical technologies, ageing populations and continuing budget constraints. This book is written by clinicians for clinicians and hospital managers, and those who design and operate hospitals. It sets out why hospitals need to change as the patients they treat and the technology to treat them changes. In a series of chapters by leading authorities in their field, it challenges existing models, reviews best practice from many countries and presents clear policy recommendations for policymakers and hospital administrators. It covers the main patient groups and conditions as well as those departments that make modern effective care possible, in imaging and laboratory medicine. Each chapter looks at patient pathways, aspects of workforce, required levels of specialisation and technology, and the opportunities and challenges for optimising the delivery of services in the hospital of the future"--
Other form:Print version: 9781108790055