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Prepare your health services management students for success with these challenging case studies! Cases in Health Services Management, Sixth Edition presents 29 case studies (15 new to this edition) that address contemporary issues students will encounter as administrators and managers: strategic management, organizational management, organizational effectiveness, leadership challenges, ethical dilemmas, and more.

Students will be presented with complex real-life management scenarios to dissect, interpret, and try to resolve by applying knowledge, skills, and expertise from all areas of health administration. The cases cover a wide range of healthcare settings including hospitals, long-term care facilities, pharmaceutical companies, city health departments, and more.

Also included are downloadable instructor materials with additional mini-cases to supplement teaching instructions.

Providing an exceptional framework for decision making and debate, this new edition is an outstanding casebook for capstone and issues courses and a valuable resource for professional development seminars for practicing administrators and risk managers in health services settings.