Lewis J.B., McGrath R.J., Seidel L.F. Essentials of Applied Quantitative Methods for Health Services

Jones & Bartlett Publishers, 2009. - 331 p. - ISBN: 076375871X.Product Description: 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.The Role and Function of Quantitative Methods in Health Services Management
Foundation Competencies
Working with Numbers
Flow Charting
Time Value of Money
Forecasting Competencies
The Art and Science of Forecasting
Trend Forecasting Techniques
Regression Forecasting
Designing and Analyzing Systems
Analyzing Capacity and Resources
Managing Waiting Lines
Project Analysis
Decision Analysis
Economic Analysis
Program Evaluation Review Technique: PERT
Financial Evaluation of Projects
Quality Analysis
An Application of Quantitative Methods
Quantitative Analysis in Strategic Planning