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Healthcare public health : improving health services through population science / edited by Martin Gulliford, Edmund Jessop.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Gulliford, Martin, Editor.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Population--Health aspects.
- Population.
- Public health.
- Medical care.
- Delivery of Health Care.
- Public Health.
- Medical Subjects:
- Delivery of Health Care.
- Population.
- Public Health.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (viii, 226 pages) : illustrations, maps
- Other Title:
- Improving health services through population science
- Place of Publication:
- Oxford University Press 2020
- Summary:
- "Health care public health can be defined as 'the art and science of preventing disease, prolonging life and promoting health through the organisation and delivery of health services'. This book provides an introduction to the methods and subject matter of health care public health. It will enable future students, researchers and practitioners to contribute to the goals of designing and delivering health services that improve population health, reduce inequalities and meet the needs of individuals and communities"-- Provided by publisher.
- Contents:
- Healthcare public health: an introduction / Martin Gulliford and Edmund Jessop
- Access to healthcare in the remote and resource-poor region of the Brazilian Amazon / Rodrigo Tobias, Julio Cesar Schweickardt, and Matthew Harris
- Promoting equity through health-services / Bo Burstrom
- Involving patients and publics in healthcare / Christopher McKevitt, Nina Fudge, and Clemence Pinel
- Populations, values, and health: ethical implications of population healthcare / A.M. Viens
- Health care needs assessment / Andrew O'Shaughnessy and John Wright
- Access to healthcare / Martin Gulliford
- Knowledge management: evidence into guidance / Aoife Molloy
- Health care redesign and population health / Hugh Alderwick, Jennifer Dixon, and Jo Bibby
- Programme budgeting and marginal analysis, and developing a business case for a new service / Eira Winrow and Rhiannon Tudor Edwards
- Evaluating healthcare systems and services / Edmund Jessop
- Perspectives on healthcare quality and safety / Stephanie Russ and Nick Sevdalis
- Health services for health promotion and disease prevention / Jenifer-Smith and James Mapstone
- Population screening / Allison Streetly and Nehmat Houssami
- Digital healthcare public health / Martin Gulliford, Edmund Jessop, and Lucy Yardley
- Healthcare public health in disasters and emergencies / Edmund Jessop
- Concluding remarks / Edmund Jessop and Martin Gulliford.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Description based on print version record.
- ISBN:
- 0-19-187396-9
- 0-19-257407-8
- 0-19-257408-6
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