Health planning in the United States : issues in guideline development : report of a study / Institute of Medicine.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Institute of Medicine (U.S.).

Contributor:

ebrary, Inc., Content Provider.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Health planning--United States.

Health planning.

Medical policy--United States.

Medical policy.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (ix, 81, [22] pages)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Washington, D.C. : National Academy of Sciences, 1980.

Language Note:

English

Contents:

""HEALTH PLANNING IN THE UNITED STATES: ISSUES IN GUIDELINE DEVELOPMENT""; ""Copyright""; ""Contents""; ""PREFACE""; ""CHAPTER I INTRODUCTION""; ""A CONCEPTUAL FRAMEWORK FOR THE STUDY""; ""SCOPE OF THE STUDY""; ""ORGANIZATION OF THE REPORT""; ""ACTIVITIES OF THE STUDY""; ""CHAPTER II OVERVIEW ""; ""HEALTH POLICY BACKGROUND""; ""WHY HEALTH PLANNING?""; ""PLANNING VS. REGULATION""; ""THE ROLE OF COMPETITION""; ""HISTORY OF U.S. HEALTH PLANNING""; ""The Hill-Burton Program""; ""Other Planning Activities""; ""Comprehensive Health Planning""; ""Section 1122""; ""The 1974 Legislation""

""The State Health Planning and Development Agency"" ""National Council on Health Planning and Development""; ""Certificate of Need""; ""Other Features""; ""POLICY ISSUES IN HEALTH PLANNING""; ""REASONABLE EXPECTATIONS OF PLANNING AGENCIES""; ""CHAPTER III NATIONAL HEALTH PLANNING GUIDELINES: A DISCUSSION""; ""INTRODUCTION""; ""BACKGROUND: THE GUIDELINES AS NATIONAL PLANNING POLICY""; ""A STRUCTURE FOR PUBLIC POLICY DEBATE""; ""THE USE OF STANDARDS""; ""CHAPTER IV THE PROCESS OF DEVELOPING NATIONAL GUIDELINES FOR HEALTH PLANNING ""

""CONSTRAINTS ON THE PROCESS OF DEVELOPING NATIONAL HEALTH PLANNING GUIDELINES"" ""RECOMMENDATIONS FOR GUIDELINE DEVELOPMENT""; ""Development of an Agenda""; ""Setting of the Agenda""; ""Guideline Development""; ""Features of the Development Process""; ""Dissemination of Guidelines""; ""Evaluation of Planning Guidelines""; ""SUMMARY""; ""CHAPTER V SUMMARY OF RECOMMENDATIONS ""; ""THE PLANNING PROGRAM""; ""NATIONAL GUIDELINES""; ""THE PROCESS FOR DEVELOPING NATIONAL GUIDELINES""; ""REFERENCES""; ""BIBLIOGRAPHY""; ""Appendix A STATEMENT-CLARK C. HAVIGHURST ""; "Appendix B Final Version of National Guidelines for Health Planning (March 28, 1978)""

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliography.