An examination of the relationship between strategic group membership and hospital performance

Health Care Management Review

Volumn 27, Issue 4, 2002, Pages 18-29

  Marlin, Dan ^a   Huonker, John W ^b   Sun, Minghe ^c  

^a School of Business   (United States)

^b STATE UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK AT OSWEGO   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT SAN ANTONIO   (United States)

Author keywords

Efficiency; Hospital; Performance; Strategic group

Indexed keywords

HEALTH CARE COST; HEALTH CARE ORGANIZATION; HOSPITAL; HOSPITAL MANAGEMENT; HOSPITAL SERVICE; MEDICARE; PERFORMANCE; REVIEW;

EID: 0036710857     PISSN: 03616274     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00004010-200210000-00003     Document Type: Review

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