Prev. ed. has subtitle: planning, implementing, and managing organized delivery systems.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

International health care : a twelve-country comparison -- Organized delivery systems -- Legal implications of business arrangements in the healthcare industry -- Financial management of organized healthcare delivery systems -- Labor and employment laws applicable to organized delivery systems -- The management of nursing services -- Marketing healthcare services -- Healthcare information technologies in an era of healthcare reform : a complex adaptive system perspective -- Management engineering -- Ambulatory care -- Bioterrorism preparedness -- The history of hospitals -- Laboratories -- Pharmacy -- Material and resource management -- Facility design and planning for ambulatory care centers -- Quality and patient safety -- Physician practice : organization and operation -- Implementing a physician practice compliance program.