Is hospital case management a rationalized myth?

Social Science and Medicine

Volumn 53, Issue 8, 2001, Pages 1057-1066

  Roggenkamp, Susan D ^a   White, Kenneth R ^b  

^a APPALACHIAN STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b VIRGINIA COMMONWEALTH UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Case management; Clinical paths; Critical pathways; Institutional theory; Isomorphism; Rationalized myths; USA

Indexed keywords

HOSPITAL SECTOR; MANAGEMENT PRACTICE;

ARTICLE; HEALTH CARE ORGANIZATION; HOSPITAL; MANAGED CARE ORGANIZATION; PATIENT CARE; PRODUCTIVITY; UNITED STATES;

ATTITUDE OF HEALTH PERSONNEL; CASE MANAGEMENT; COERCION; COST-BENEFIT ANALYSIS; CRITICAL PATHWAYS; DIFFUSION OF INNOVATION; EFFICIENCY, ORGANIZATIONAL; HEALTH SERVICES RESEARCH; HOSPITAL ADMINISTRATION; HUMANS; MODELS, ORGANIZATIONAL; MOTIVATION; NURSING SERVICE, HOSPITAL; ORGANIZATIONAL CULTURE; UNITED STATES;

EID: 0034903045     PISSN: 02779536     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0277-9536(00)00400-7     Document Type: Article

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