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| About the book |
Health care systems are complex and, as a result, it is often unclear what the effects of changes in policy or service provision might be. At the same time, resources for health care tend to be in short supply, which means that public health practitioners have to make difficult decisions. This book describes the quantitative and qualitative methods that can help decision-makers to structure and clarify difficult problems and to explore the implications of pursuing different options. The accompanying CD ROM provides the opportunity to try out some of the proposed solutions. The book examines:
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| About the authors |
Colin Sanderson is Reader in Health Services Research at LSHTM and teaches on the Analytical Models for Decision-Making MSc unit |
| Table of contents |
Section 1: Models and decision-making in health care The role of models Building a decision support model Strategic Options Development and Analysis Section 2: Methods for clarifying complex decisions Criteria Uncertainty Risk Section 3: Models for service planning and resource allocation Population need for a specific service Balanced service provision Hospital models Section 4: Modelling for evaluating changes in systems Modelling flows through systems Irregular flows: Systems with queues Outline review Glossary Index |
