A Brief Overview of Health Care Management: A New Zealand Perspective

This book starts with a discussion on the basic principles of health care namely equity and quality, and goes on to discuss health management using relevant theories and approaches. The main focus of this book is health care management in the New Zealand context but a comparison with other global health care systems is also briefly given. After analyzing the important aspects of a typical health care system like accessibility, strength of workforce, efficiency, etc., this book introduces several information systems that maintain health information of patients. This book also touches on contemporary issues in New Zealand like mental health, gambling, etc.