Commissioning and a population approach to health services decision-making / by Julie Sin.

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Introduction -- I. Core concepts for a population approach to health services decision-making -- 1. Health system : basic structures -- 2. Commissioning needs a population perspective -- 3. The basic commissioning cycle -- 4. Public health : three key domains -- 5. Evidence hierarchy -- 6. Spectrum of effective preventive opportunities -- 7. Purposeful use of health intelligence -- Part II Enabling leadership for a population approach to health services decision-making -- 8. Population approach to all levels of commissioning and health service decision-making -- 9. Prioritization of investments and disinvestments in healthcare : a conceptual toolkit -- 10. Deciding a sensible approach to commissioning when multiple commissioners are involved -- 11. Recognizing whether you are in simple, complicated, or complex problem territory -- 12. Quality : are we up to scratch? get a what can a commissioner do about health inequalities? --13. Taking stock for the future

The book explores the vital link between population health (what the health system is aiming for) and the commissioning of health services (the process of securing services) and how this can be achieved. It covers the key opportunities for applying a population approach to the nuts and bolts of commissioning, as well as to the more strategic challenges in commissioning practice. It includes fundamental concepts needed in a commissioner’s repertoire of skills and competencies, and also more applied scenarios to navigate in practice. The emphasis is on a solid foundation for practice for those who work in commissioning, those whose work supports commissioning functions, public health professionals working in the quality and commissioning arena, and students studying in this area. It is particularly relevant to current developments in whole-system thinking and a population approach. Core concepts or ‘navigation tools’ are included to help with common challenges in commissioning such as the scoping of a health issue from a population perspective, making sense of different types of evidence, purposeful use of health intelligence, effective preventive opportunities, prioritization, quality issues for commissioners, and other applied topics that have to be navigated in practice. Whilst each topic is a salient component in itself, in combination the collection forms a comprehensive armoury for commissioning for health gain and decision-making for populations. These vantage points are useful whatever the structural system of the day because issues about finite health resources, securing quality health services, and reducing amenable health inequalities will always be pertinent.

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