"Healthcare delivery and the healthcare industry in the 21st century face a multiplicity of challenges. These include changing disease patterns, more technology-driven health interventions, a more assertive and quality conscious clientele, as well as a rapidly growing for-profit segment of the industry. This places more responsibilities on healthcare service providers in both the public and private sectors to deliver value-for-money services at competitive costs. To respond to this, a carefully crafted marketing approach is needed by all players in the industry to sustain the confidence of its clientele. Marketing in Healthcare-Related Industries captures the concepts and complexities of marketing healthcare in today's environment. The book provides detailed conceptual and practical insights that will be of great benefit to healthcare students and practitioners. Topics on healthcare marketing have been carefully selected to provide wide coverage and are illustrated by mini-cases with a highly practical marketing tool kit for healthcare managers also included"--
A Classroom-Tested Resource Loaded with Practical Examples from Across the Health Disciplines - A reader-friendly exploration of the key approaches used to conduct health program research and evaluation - Includes an easy-to-understand ...
Publicity is presented as news by the media rather than as a persuasive ad , and , therefore , may have more credibility than advertising that ordinarily is set apart from broadcast programs or editorial content in print media ( Schoell ...
According to one estimate , the number of HMOs increased from 41 in 1970 to 133 in 1973.62 Dr. Paul M. Ellwood , Jr. , a key health advisor to President Richard Nixon ...
Quality of Care: Do Contemporary Nursing Approaches Make a Difference?
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Once an initial determination has been made by the Medicare Administrative Contractor , a Provider has 120 days to file a request that the Medicare Administrative Contractor revise its determination - i.e . , render a redetermination .
This series covers the mandatory units and core skills for Foundation, Intermediate and Advanced levels in Health and Social Care.
Nursing Models for Practice
1966 : Prime Minister Lester Pearson's Liberal Government introduces the Medical Care Act - quickly to become known as “ Medicare ' . 1968–1972 : Through an intense series of intergovernmental negotiations , all ten provinces and two ...
Intermediate Care: Models in Practice