Exploring Careers in Hospital and Health Administration: An Invitation to a Career in Health Administration.

This guide to career possibilities in hospital and health administration describes some of the skills required of a health or hospital administrator--interpersonal skills and managerial abilities; and also some of the varied tasks that such an administrator performs. It provides biographical sketches of several health administrators which illustrate both the type of training and the type of activities to be found among such personnel. The guide provides estimates of the types of earnings to be expected in the field; the personal requirements of health and hospital administrators; the ways to prepare for such a career; a list of graduate and undergraduate programs in health and hospital administration; the financial aid and work-study possibilities; some typical career titles; and selected sources of career information in hospital and health administration. (NG)