Includes bibliographical references and index.

pt. I. Planning, implementing, and managing organized delivery systems -- ch. 1. International health care : a comparison of the United States, Canada, and Western Europe -- ch. 2. Multiprovider systems -- ch. 3. The legal structure of health care delivery -- ch. 4. Business combinations in the health care field : legal implications -- ch. 5. Strategic planning for health care provider organizations -- ch. 6. Strategic management of stakeholder relationships -- ch. 7. Marketing health care services -- ch. 8. Financial management of organized health care delivery systems -- ch. 9. Planning health care facilities and managing the development process -- ch. 10. Financing of health care facilities -- ch. 11. Human resources management -- ch. 12. Health care information systems : an organized delivery system perspective -- ch. 13. Management engineering -- pt. II. The hospital in an organized delivery system -- ch. 14. History of hospitals -- ch. 15. Hospital organization and management -- ch. 16. Patient access services (admitting) : into, through, and out of the health care process -- ch. 17. Ambulatory care -- ch. 18. Physician practice and organization -- ch. 19. Inpatient hospital reimbursement -- ch. 20. Outpatient hospital reimbursement-- ch. 21. Managed health care -- ch. 22. Quality assurance improvement -- ch. 23. The management of nursing services -- ch. 24. Laboratories -- ch. 25. Material/resource management -- ch. 26. Pharmacy.