Encyclopedia of Health Care Management

<div><div><p>The topic of health care management has escalated to one of the most widely discussed and debated topics in the health care industry MBA programs and in the field of medicine in general. In the 1980s the industry was relatively stable and the need for combining business acumen with medicine was less than today. However as we enter the 21<sup>st</sup> century the need for applying business and management skills to the health care industry is stronger than ever.</p><p>This <b>Encyclopedia</b> covers every topic a medical professional institutional administrator or MBA student would need to know about the business of health care.</p><p><b>Key Features</b></p><p>* Over 600 entries</p><p>* More than 160 expert contributors from the fields of medicine public health business</p><p>* Tables on medical degrees medical specialties medical organizations health care acronyms<span><span>  </span>medical</span> legislation</p><p>* Unites the business and medical worlds and spans the academic corporate and governmental arenas</p><p><b>Topics Covered</b></p><p>Accounting and Activity-Based Costing / Economics / Finance / Health Policy / Human Resources / Information Technology / Institutions and Organizations / International Health Care Issues / Legal and Regulatory Issues / Managed Care / Marketing and Customer Value / Operations and Decision Making / Pharmaceuticals and Clinical Trials / Quality / Statistics and Data Mining / Strategy</p></div></div>