Corporate Political Strategy: Incorporating the Management of Public Policy Issues into Hospital Strategy

Health Care Management Review

Volumn 22, Issue 3, 1997, Pages 53-63

  Bigelow, Barbara ^a   Arndt, Margarete ^a   Stone, Melissa Middleton ^b  

^a CLARK UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

Author keywords

Corporate political strategy; Hospital strategy

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; ECONOMIC ASPECT; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HOSPITAL MANAGEMENT; HOSPITAL PLANNING; HUMAN; INVESTMENT; LEGAL ASPECT; NONBIOLOGICAL MODEL; ORGANIZATION; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; POLITICS; SOCIAL CONTROL; UNITED STATES;

DECISION MAKING, ORGANIZATIONAL; ECONOMIC COMPETITION; FACILITY REGULATION AND CONTROL; HEALTH POLICY; HOSPITAL ADMINISTRATION; HOSPITAL PLANNING; HUMANS; INVESTMENTS; MODELS, ORGANIZATIONAL; PLANNING TECHNIQUES; POLITICS; UNITED STATES;

EID: 0031159452     PISSN: 03616274     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00004010-199702230-00006     Document Type: Article

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