This popular book is written by leading experts in the field and covers all the key aspects of
healthcare management. Written with healthcare managers professionals and students in mind it
provides an accessible and evidence-based guide to healthcare systems services organizations
and management. Key areas covered include: . Structure and delivery of healthcare services in
the international context including mental health acute care primary care chronic disease
and integrated care . Allocating resources for healthcare: setting and managing priorities .
Health technologies research and innovation . Global health policy: governing health systems
across borders . Patient and public involvement in healthcare . Healthcare governance and
performance This third edition has been significantly rewritten with 10 new contributors and a
new chapter structure designed to better support learning practical application and further
study. In addition there is a more international focus and each chapter includes new case
studies giving global examples of health systems and services new and updated learning
activities to encourage application to your own organization and a range of links to useful
online resources. Healthcare Management is essential research-based reading for students
teachers and healthcare professionals involved in management research and health policy
making. Walshe and Smith have assembled an invaluable introduction to healthcare management and
health systems. With their fellow authors they provide a comprehensive review of a range of
issues related to the funding and provision of care and how services are organised and
managed. Now in its third edition Healthcare Management has been updated and revised to meet
the needs of teachers and students alike. Professor Chris Ham Chief Executive The King's Fund
UK This book covers the main areas of knowledge which managers need and gives tools for
thinking and empirical examples relevant to current challenges. Evidence based management might
not always be possible but this book gives a way for a manager to become research-informed and
therefore more effective. This third edition of the book is even more relevant internationally
and improved to help readers apply the ideas to their situation. Professor John Øvretveit
Director of Research LIME MMC The Karolinska Institute Sweden No-one learns to be a manager
in a classroom or from a book but books that take this disclaimer as their starting point are
indispensable. Walshe and Smith (and their fellow authors) invite their audience (healthcare
managers healthcare policy makers and postgraduate students taking courses in healthcare
management) to critically combine experiential learning with academic learning and to acquire
knowledge from both practice and theory. By doing so they have found the third way between the
advocates of evidence-based management and their criticasters. Dr. Jan-Kees Helderman
Associate Professor in Public Administration Institute for Management Research Radboud
University Nijmegen the Netherlands
