TY - BOOK AU - Veney, James E. AU - Kaluzny, Arnold D. TI - Evaluation and decision making for health services SN - 1587982307 U1 - W 84 V457e 1998 PY - 1998/// CY - Washington, DC. PB - BeardBooks, KW - Health services administration--Decision making N1 - Includes Bibliography and Index; Contents Part I Introduction 1. Framework for improved decision making 2. Evaluation and the decision-making process Part II Monitoring 3. Monitoring as an evaluation strategy 4. Monitoring techniques and inerpretation Part III Case Studies 5. Case studies as an evaluation strategy 6. Case study techniques and interpretation Part IV Survey Research 7. Survey research as an evaluation strategy 8. Survey research techniques and interpretation Part V Trend Analysis 9. Trend analysis as an evaluation strategy 10. Trend analysis techniques and interpretation Part VI Experimental Design 11. Experimental design as an evaluation strategy 12. Experimental analysis techniques and interpretation Part VII Basic Methods 13. General measurement issues 14. Measurement: utility measures 15. Sampling 16. Operations research techniques and interpretation 17. Cost-benefit, cost-effectiveness, and cost-utility analysis. ER -