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Health Care and Politics

Health Care and Politics

An Insider's View on Managing and Sustaining Canadian Health Care

by David Levine
Paperback
Publication Date: 01/09/2015

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A book about what's not working in Canadian health care institutions and how to fix it

Drawing on 40 years running many Canadian health care institutions, David Levine shares his experience on how to manage in this very complex environment. His career includes implementing one of the first Local Community Health Centres (CLSCs) in Montreal in the 1970s, involvement in electoral politics, managing various Québec hospitals, his controversial hiring as head of the Ottawa Hospital, a term as Québec Delegate General in New York City, a stint as junior minister of health in Québec, and running the Montreal regional health authority under both Parti-Québécois and Liberal governments. His experience with politics--both personal and professional--is the basis of his analysis of the impact of politics on health care. Levine supports without qualification a public, universal health care system, but he questions the effectiveness of managing the system from the Minister's Office. Poor decision-making on the basis of politics often means best solutions are not implemented. Levine's analysis includes what is not working and how to fix it, and the barriers to implementation. Health Care and Politics will be of interest to health care managers, health care policymakers, and all Canadians seeking a better understanding of the health care system and what it will take to fix it.

ISBN:
9781550654011
9781550654011
Category:
Public health & preventive medicine
Format:
Paperback
Publication Date:
01-09-2015
Language:
English
Publisher:
Vehicule Press
Country of origin:
Canada
Dimensions (mm):
215.9x139.7x25.4mm
Weight:
0.09kg
David Levine

David M. Levine is Professor Emeritus of Statistics and Computer Information Systems at Baruch College (City University of New York). He received BBA and MBA degrees in statistics from City College of New York and a PhD from New York University in industrial engineering and operations research.

He is recognised in the United States as a leading innovator in statistics education and is the co-author of 14 books, including such best-selling statistics textbooks as Statistics for Managers Using Microsoft Excel, Basic Business Statistics: Concepts and Applications, Business Statistics: A First Course, and Applied Statistics for Engineers and Scientists Using Microsoft Excel and Minitab.

Levine is also the co-author of Even You Can Learn Statistics: A Guide for Everyone Who Has Ever Been Afraid of Statistics, currently in its second edition, Six Sigma for Green Belts and Champions, and Design for Six Sigma for Green Belts and Champions; and is the author of Statistics for Six Sigma Green Belts, all published by FT Press, a Pearson imprint; and Quality Management, third edition, published by McGraw-Hill/Irwin.

He is also the author of Video Review of Statistics and Video Review of Probability, both published by Video Aided Instruction, and the statistics module of the MBA primer published by Cengage Learning.

He has published articles in various journals, including Psychometrika, The American Statistician, Communications in Statistics, Decision Sciences Journal of Innovative Education, Multivariate Behavioral Research, Journal of Systems Management, Quality Progress, and The American Anthropologist, and he has given numerous talks at the Decision Sciences Institute (DSI), American Statistical Association (ASA), and Making Statistics More Effective in Schools and Business (MSMESB) conferences.

Levine has also received several awards for outstanding teaching and curriculum development from Baruch College.

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