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Chapter 12 - Evaluation of Healthcare Programs

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  13 July 2023

Ramalingam Shanmugam
Ramalingam Shanmugam
Affiliation:
Texas State University, San Marcos
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Summary

The purpose of and benefits from conducting program evaluations are described in this section. Accreditation of healthcare services is instrumental to terminate unpopular programs and to open up new and innovative ones. Healthcare policy makers use program evaluations to improve healthcare and social services. The evaluating team focuses on the following issues.

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Data-Guided Healthcare Decision Making , pp. 312 - 348
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Print publication year: 2023

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