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Essentials of Applied Quantitative Methods for Health Services

Author(s): James B. Lewis, ScD, Dept. Health Policy and Management University of New Hampshire
Robert J. McGrath, PhD, Dept. Health Policy and Management University of New Hampshire
Lee F. Seidel, PhD, Dept. Health Policy and Management University of New Hampshire
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  • ISBN-13: 9780763758714
  • Paperback    330 pages      © 2011
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Essentials of Applied Quantitative Methods for Health Services Management shows students how to use statistics in all aspects of health care administration. Offering careful, step-by-step instructions for calculations using Microsoft Excel, this hands-on resource begins with basic foundational competencies in statistics, and then walks the reader through forecasting, designing and analyzing systems, and project analysis.

The text stresses the application of concepts, models, and techniques and provides problems involving all of the methods.  It is intended to build a student management and planning “tools” repertoire. Ideal for junior and seniors in baccalaureate level health administration programs as well as first year graduate students in non-MBA health administration programs, this book requires limited previous knowledge of statistics; its mathematical dimension is equal to basic high school algebra.

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  Preface  
  Chapter  1  The Role and Function of Quantitative Methods in Health Services Management
Section  I  Foundation Competencies
  Chapter  2  Working with Numbers
  Chapter  3  Flow Charting
  Chapter  4  Time Value of Money
Section  II  Forecasting Competencies
  Chapter  5  The Art and Science of Forecasting
  Chapter  6  Trend Forecasting Techniques
  Chapter  7  Regression Forecasting
Section  III  Designing and Analyzing Systems
  Chapter  8  Analyzing Capacity and Resources
  Chapter  9  Managing Waiting Lines
Section  IV  Project Analysis
  Chapter  10  Decision Analysis
  Chapter  11  Economic Analysis
  Chapter  12  Program Evaluation Review Technique (PERT)
  Chapter  13  Financial Evaluation of Projects
  Chapter  14  Quality Analysis
Section  V  An Application of Quantitative Methods
  Chapter  15  Quantitative Analysis in Strategic Planning
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James B. Lewis, ScD-Dept. Health Policy and Management University of New Hampshire

Associate Professor of Health Management & Policy
College of Health and Human Services
University of New Hampshire
Durham, New Hampshire

 

Robert J. McGrath, PhD-Dept. Health Policy and Management University of New Hampshire

Assistant Professor of Health Management & Policy
College of Health and Human Services

University of New Hampshire
Durham, New Hampshire

 

 

 

Lee F. Seidel, PhD-Dept. Health Policy and Management University of New Hampshire

 
Professor of Health Management & Policy
College of Health and Human Services
University of New Hampshire
Durham, New Hampshire

 

 

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  • "[Essentials of Applied Quantitative Methods for Health Services] has exceptionally broad range and direct, practical relevance to skills that will be of use to our students as they enter the field of health care management."

    —Philip Plubell, Department of Health and Public Administration, Midwestern State University

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