TY - BOOK ID - 65198188 TI - The changing role of the hospital in European health systems AU - McKee, Martin AU - Merkur, Sherry AU - Edwards, Nigel AU - Nolte, Ellen AU - European Observatory on Health Systems and Policies PY - 2020 SN - 110885544X 1108790054 1108803679 1108846807 PB - Cambridge : Cambridge University Press, DB - UniCat KW - Health services administration KW - Health administration KW - Health care administration KW - Health care management KW - Health sciences administration KW - Health services management KW - Medical care KW - Health planning KW - Public health administration KW - Administration KW - Management KW - health systems KW - health policies KW - health administration KW - health economics KW - health management KW - public policy KW - hospitals KW - oncology KW - paediatrics KW - gerontology KW - emergency medicine KW - laboratory medicine KW - Europe KW - Northern Europe KW - Southern Europe KW - Western Europe UR - https://www.unicat.be/uniCat?func=search&query=sysid:65198188 AB - Hospitals today face a huge number of challenges, including new patterns of disease, rapidly evolving medical technologies, ageing populations and continuing budget constraints. This book is written by clinicians for clinicians and hospital managers, and those who design and operate hospitals. It sets out why hospitals need to change as the patients they treat and the technology to treat them changes. In a series of chapters by leading authorities in their field, it challenges existing models, reviews best practice from many countries and presents clear policy recommendations for policymakers and hospital administrators. It covers the main patient groups and conditions as well as those departments that make modern effective care possible, in imaging and laboratory medicine. Each chapter looks at patient pathways, aspects of workforce, required levels of specialisation and technology, and the opportunities and challenges for optimising the delivery of services in the hospital of the future. This title is also available as Open Access on Cambridge Core. ER -