Community Accountability among Hospitals Affiliated with Health Care Systems

Milbank Quarterly

Volumn 78, Issue 2, 2000, Pages 157-184

  Alexander, Jeffrey A ^a   Weiner, Bryan J ^a   Succi, Melissa ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BOARD OF TRUSTEES; COMMUNITY HOSPITAL; COMPARATIVE STUDY; EMPIRICAL APPROACH; HEALTH CARE AND PUBLIC HEALTH; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HUMAN; INSTITUTIONAL ETHICS; MULTIHOSPITAL SYSTEM; NONBIOLOGICAL MODEL; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; STANDARD; UNITED STATES;

EMPIRICAL APPROACH; HEALTH CARE AND PUBLIC HEALTH;

ETHICS, INSTITUTIONAL; GOVERNING BOARD; HOSPITALS, COMMUNITY; HUMANS; MODELS, ORGANIZATIONAL; MULTI-INSTITUTIONAL SYSTEMS; QUALITY OF HEALTH CARE; SOCIAL RESPONSIBILITY; UNITED STATES;

EID: 0033651057     PISSN: 0887378X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/1468-0009.00167     Document Type: Article

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