Helpful or harmful? The impact of strategic change on the performance of U.S. urban hospitals

Health Services Research

Volumn 37, Issue 1, 2002, Pages 145-171

  Trinh, Hanh Q ^a   O'Connor, Stephen J ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MILWAUKEE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ALABAMA AT BIRMINGHAM   (United States)

Author keywords

Environmental characteristics; Hospital performance; Managed care; Organizational characteristics; Strategic change

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; COST CONTROL; ENVIRONMENT; HEALTH CARE FINANCING; HEALTH CARE ORGANIZATION; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HEALTH MAINTENANCE ORGANIZATION; HEALTH SURVEY; HOSPITAL CARE; HOSPITAL MANAGEMENT; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; MEDICARE; PROCESS OPTIMIZATION; RESOURCE MANAGEMENT; URBAN AREA;

DATA COLLECTION; DATA INTERPRETATION, STATISTICAL; EFFICIENCY, ORGANIZATIONAL; HEALTH CARE SECTOR; HEALTH MAINTENANCE ORGANIZATIONS; HEALTH SERVICES RESEARCH; HOSPITALS, PRIVATE; HOSPITALS, URBAN; HUMANS; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; ORGANIZATIONAL INNOVATION; ORGANIZATIONAL OBJECTIVES; PLANNING TECHNIQUES; SOCIAL CHANGE; SOCIAL ENVIRONMENT; UNITED STATES;

EID: 0036126215     PISSN: 00179124     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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