Hospital Management

Chapter 11

Hospital Management Cases: A Framework for Analysis

CHAPTER OUTLINE

11.1 An Introduction

11.2 Patient Health Management

11.3 Hospital Health Management

11.4 Patient Management vs Hospital Management

11.5 A Framework for Case Analysis

11.6 Case Analysis: An Illustration

11.7 Summary

CHAPTER OBJECTIVE

The main objective of this chapter is to show the similarities between the management of a patient’s health by a doctor and the management of a hospital, and, thereby, evolve a framework for a case study approach to hospital management.

11.1 AN INTRODUCTION

Case study approach is not new to doctors. In managing the health of a patient, a doctor begins with preparing a case sheet of the patient, and then proceeds logically step by ...