UID:
almafu_9958091335102883
Format:
xiii, 232 pages :
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illustrations ;
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27 cm.
Edition:
1st ed.
ISBN:
1-281-95966-9
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9786611959661
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0-8213-6948-2
Series Statement:
WBI development studies
Content:
This book is a practical guide for medical professionals with little or no business experience who are interested in establishing health care facilities in developing countries. It is an introduction to the kinds of basic research and planning required to identify viable solutions and reduce the risk of failure. Drawing on resources and lessons from across the World Bank Group and elsewhere, the book aims to provide medical entrepreneurs with some of the tools they need to build sustainable health care facilities, whether for-profit or nonprofit, for their communities. It offers guidance on ke
Note:
Description based upon print version of record.
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Contents; Foreword; Acknowledgments; Abbreviations; Chapter 1: Introduction; Box 1.1. São Luiz Hospital and Maternity, Brazil; Table 1.1. Private Health Expenditure as a Share of Total Health Expenditure, 2002; Table 1.2. Overview of Facility Types; Box 1.2. Prime Cure Group, South Africa; Box 1.3. Asian Eye Institute, the Philippines; Box 1.4. Fleury Diagnostic Center, Brazil; Chapter 2: Project Concept and Mission Statement; Box 2.1. Excerpts from Sample Mission Statements; Figure Project Management: Establishing a Private Health Care Facility; Chapter 3: The Prefeasibility Analysis
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Box 3.1. Challenges of Catchment and CompetitionBox 3.2. Protecting Your Business through Insurance; Chapter 4: The Feasibility Analysis; Box 4.1. Accreditation of Health Care Organizations: JCAHO and JCI; Box 4.2. The Importance of Design Functionality; Box 4.3. Physician Shortage Limits Services; Chapter 5: Obtaining Financing; Box 5.1. Dealing with Foreign Exchange Risk; Chapter 6: Marketing Your Facility; Box 6.1. Unique Characteristics of the Health Care Market; Box 6.2. A Marketing Innovation: Franco-Vietnamese Hospital's Medical Card
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Box 6.3. Targeted Marketing Efforts: The Apollo Hospitals GroupChapter 7: Facility Planning and Design; Chapter 8: Major Medical Equipment; Figure Step-by-Step Approach to Planning, Procurement, and Management of Medical Equipment; Box 8.1. ECRI: Advisory Services on Health Care Technology; Box 8.2. Leasing Medical Equipment: One Hospital's Experience; Box 8.3. Faulty Packaging Delays Delivery; Chapter 9: Facility Construction; Box 9.1. Parsons META: Advisory Services on Development of Health Care Facilities; Box 9.2. Saving on Costs through Construction Management
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Chapter 10: Facility OpeningBox 10.1. Pareto Analysis and Inventory Management; Box 10.2. 10 Common Mistakes to Anticipate and Avoid; Box 10.3. A Success Story: The Opening of Reddington Hospital; Appendix A: Sample Timeline for Building a Health Care Facility; Appendix B: Millennium Development Goals; Appendix C: Types of Public-Private Partnerships; Appendix D: Health Status Indicators; Appendix E: Health Facility and Hospital Development; Appendix F: Evaluating and Selecting Hospital Consultants; Appendix G: Typical Provider Payment Mechanisms
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Appendix H: Different Forms of Business OwnershipAppendix I: Sample Project Cost Estimation Summary; Appendix J: Summary of Project Costs and Financing Plan for a Greenfield Hospital Project; Appendix K: Sample Format for a Financial Projection Model; Appendix L: Sample Outline for a Business Plan; Appendix M: Selected Examples of Financing Sources; Appendix N: Additional Information on Preferred Shares; Appendix O: Programming Individual Departments or Services; Appendix P: Criteria for Selection of Medical Equipment and Products
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Appendix Q: Sample Table for Construction Cost Estimates by Category
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English
Additional Edition:
ISBN 0-8213-6947-4
Language:
English
URL:
Volltext
(Deutschlandweit zugänglich)
URL:
http://elibrary.worldbank.org/doi/book/10.1596/978-0-8213-6947-0
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