The effect of managed care on hospital staffing and technological diffusion

Health Policy

Volumn 48, Issue 3, 1999, Pages 189-205

  Zhang, Nannan ^a   Kohn, Linda ^b   McGarrah, Robert ^c   Anderson, Gerard ^a  

^a JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b INSTITUTE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c Amer Fed Labor Congr Indust Org   (United States)

Author keywords

Health maintenance organizations (HMOs); Managed Care; Personnel; Services

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; COST CONTROL; EXTRACORPOREAL LITHOTRIPSY; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HEALTH MAINTENANCE ORGANIZATION; HEALTH SERVICE; HEART CATHETERIZATION; HUMAN; MANAGED CARE; MANAGER; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; ORGAN TRANSPLANTATION; TECHNOLOGY;

BURN UNITS; CATCHMENT AREA (HEALTH); EMERGENCY SERVICE, HOSPITAL; HEALTH MAINTENANCE ORGANIZATIONS; HOSPITALS, URBAN; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; PERSONNEL STAFFING AND SCHEDULING; PHYSICAL THERAPY DEPARTMENT, HOSPITAL; TECHNOLOGY TRANSFER; TRAUMA CENTERS; UNITED STATES;

EID: 0032745648     PISSN: 01688510     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0168-8510(99)00047-0     Document Type: Article

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