The Changing Role of the Hospital in European Health Systems

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 se...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Autor Corporativo: European Observatory on Health Systems and Policies, sponsoring body (sponsoring body)
Otros Autores: McKee, Martin, editor (editor)
Formato: Libro electrónico
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Cambridge, England : Cambridge University Press [2020]
Edición:First edition
Colección:European Observatory on Health Systems and Policies series.
Materias:
Ver en Biblioteca Universitat Ramon Llull:https://discovery.url.edu/permalink/34CSUC_URL/1im36ta/alma991009645336806719
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Introduction - The changing nature of care provided in the hospital
  • The challenges of adapting hospital care for children
  • Patients with stroke
  • Meeting the needs of frail older patients
  • Oncological hospital care
  • COPD as an exemplar of a chronic health condition
  • Emergency medicine
  • Advances in perioperative medicine
  • Advances in imaging
  • Advances in laboratory medicine
  • Conclusions - Challenges for hospitals of the future.