The changing role of the hospital in European health systems / edited by Martin McKee, Sherry Merkur, Nigel Edwards, Ellen Nolte.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

McKee, Martin, editor.

Merkur, Sherry, editor.

Edwards, Nigel, 1961- editor.

Nolte, Ellen, editor.

European Observatory on Health Systems and Policies, sponsoring body.

Series:

European Observatory on Health Systems and Policies series.

European Observatory on Health Systems and Policies

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Health services administration--Europe.

Health services administration.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (xix, 305 pages) : digital, PDF file(s).

Edition:

First edition.

Place of Publication:

Cambridge : Cambridge University Press, 2020.

Language Note:

English

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. This title is also available as Open Access on Cambridge Core.

Contents:

Introduction - The changing nature of care provided in the hospital

The challenges of adapting hospital care for children

Patients with stroke

Meeting the needs of frail older patients

Oncological hospital care

COPD as an exemplar of a chronic health condition

Emergency medicine

Advances in perioperative medicine

Advances in imaging

Advances in laboratory medicine

Conclusions - Challenges for hospitals of the future.

Notes:

Title from publisher's bibliographic system (viewed on 07 Jul 2020).

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

9781108846806

1108846807

9781108803670

1108803679

9781108855440

110885544X

OCLC:

1202479773