Assessing the Culture of Medical Group Practices

Medical Care

Volumn 34, Issue 5, 1996, Pages 377-388

  Kralewski, John E ^a,b   Wingert, Terence D ^a   Barbouche, Michael H ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

Author keywords

Medical group; Practice culture

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; COMMERCIAL PHENOMENA; DISCRIMINANT ANALYSIS; GROUP PRACTICE; HEALTH SERVICES RESEARCH; HUMAN; MEDICAL FEE; METHODOLOGY; NONBIOLOGICAL MODEL; ORGANIZATION; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; PROFESSIONAL PRACTICE; PSYCHOLOGY; QUESTIONNAIRE; STATISTICS; UNITED STATES;

DECISION MAKING, ORGANIZATIONAL; DISCRIMINANT ANALYSIS; ENTREPRENEURSHIP; FEE-FOR-SERVICE PLANS; GROUP PRACTICE; GROUP PRACTICE, PREPAID; HEALTH SERVICES RESEARCH; HUMANS; MIDWESTERN UNITED STATES; MODELS, ORGANIZATIONAL; ORGANIZATIONAL CULTURE; PROFESSIONAL AUTONOMY; PSYCHOLOGY, INDUSTRIAL; QUESTIONNAIRES;

EID: 0030138127     PISSN: 00257079     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00005650-199605000-00001     Document Type: Article

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