Part I Overview and context of health policy and planning
1. Introduction to health planning
2. Trends and issues in the Australian health system
3. A brief history of health planning
Part II Planning in different resource environments
4. Planning in the context of resource allocation
5. Planning in the Australian private health care sector
Part III Core health planning skills
6. Identifying health needs and issues
7. Information and evidence for health planning
8. Community involvement in health planning
9. Forecasting
10. Developing goals, objectives and strategies in health planning
11. Setting priorities and selecting interventions
Part IV Specialist health planning practice
12. Service planning
13. Program planning for health
Kathy Eagar is Professor and Director of the Centre for Health Service Development at the University of Wollongong. Pamela Garrett is Senior Planner at the South Western Sydney Area Health Service and teaches Health Care Management at the University of Western Sydney. Vivian Lin is Professor of Public Health and Head of School at La Trobe University.