Health Care Delivery: Current Problems and Future Challenges

In both rich and poor nations, public resources for health care are inadequate to meet demand. Policy makers and health care providers must determine how to provide the most effective health care to citizens using the limited resources that are available. This chapter describes current and future ch...

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Published inOperations Research and Health Care pp. 1 - 14
Main Authors Brandeau, Margaret L., Sainfort, François, Pierskalla, William P.
Format Book Chapter
LanguageEnglish
Published Boston, MA Springer US 2004
SeriesInternational Series in Operations Research & Management Science
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Health care delivery
Health care planning
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Summary:In both rich and poor nations, public resources for health care are inadequate to meet demand. Policy makers and health care providers must determine how to provide the most effective health care to citizens using the limited resources that are available. This chapter describes current and future challenges in the delivery of health care, and outlines the role that operations research (OR) models can play in helping to solve those problems. The chapter concludes with an overview of this book - its intended audience, the areas covered, and a description of the subsequent chapters.
ISBN:1402076290
9781402076299
ISSN:0884-8289
DOI:10.1007/1-4020-8066-2_1