Public Health Management

Author: Zhou Li, Editor-in-Chief
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Publish Date: 2003-12-01
Features: This book is based on modern management science, as well as new theories, knowledge, technologies, and methods in public health management both domestically and internationally. It closely integrates the practice of public health management in China and systematically elaborates on the concepts of public health management from multiple perspectives. The book is divided into seventeen chapters, covering topics such as health organizations and leadership, social health strategies, regional health planning, health service research, medical insurance, health law, health economics, health information, health culture, health technology assessment, hospital management, preventive healthcare, traditional Chinese medicine, pharmaceutical and medical device management, primary health care, WTO and public health management in China. It emphasizes the fundamental concepts, knowledge, and theories of public health management and proposes improvement suggestions and countermeasures in response to specific issues in China's public health sector during its transition period. This book is not only suitable for graduate and undergraduate students in social medicine and health service management but also for graduate and undergraduate students in public administration, as well as public health managers at all levels. It is an academic textbook on public health management that presents innovative viewpoints, connects theory with practice, and is both scientifically rigorous and highly practical.