Download or read book Gender Women and Health in the Americas written by Elsa Gómez Gómez and published by . This book was released on 1993 with total page 304 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

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Download or read book The Migration of Managerial Innovation written by John Robert Kimberly and published by Jossey-Bass. This book was released on 1993-02-10 with total page 408 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book looks at how an innovation in health care financing and administration, which originated in the United States, was greeted by numerous western European countries. In eleven original chapters, European experts offer in-depth examination of the rate, degree, and manner in which their countries adapted to Diagnosis-Related Groups (DRGs), an innovation adopted by the U.S. government to create incentives for increased hospital efficiency. Comparing and contrasting the varying levels of resources and activity committed to this innovation, this book provides a range of insights for those involved in managing and promoting innovation.In The Migration of Managerial Innovation, health care experts from Belgium, Denmark, England, France, Germany, Norway, Portugal, Switzerland, and Sweden offer brief descriptions of the way health care is organized and financed--and a detailed examination of the fate of DRGs--within each of their countries.

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Download or read book Applied Pharmacokinetics written by William E. Evans and published by Applied Therapeutics, Incorporated. This book was released on 1992 with total page 1236 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Third Edition of Applied Pharmacokinetics remains the gold standard by which all other clinical pharmacokinetics texts are measured. Written by leading pharmacokinetics researchers and practitioners, this book is the most advanced kinetics reference available. All chapters have been extensively updated or completely rewritten for this edition, and six new chapters have been added on pharmacodynamics, pharmacogenetics, pharmacokinetic considerations in the obese, dietary influences on drug disposition, zidovudine, and corticosteroids. Each chapter is tightly focused on the most important concepts and issues. Chapters on specific drugs are organized in a consistent format for quick, easy information retrieval. Major subheadings include Clinical Pharmacokinetics, Pharmacodynamics, Clinical Application of Pharmacokinetic Data, Analytical Methods, and Prospectus.