Effect of hospital conversion on organizational decision making and service coordination

Health Care Management Review

Volumn 28, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 141-154

  Anderson, Ruth A ^a   Allred, Charlene A ^b   Sloan, Frank A ^a  

^a DUKE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA   (United States)

Author keywords

Complexity theory; Discontinuous change; Nurses; Ownership conversion; Participation in decision making; Physicians; Service coordination; Threat rigidity theory

Indexed keywords

HEALTH CARE MANAGEMENT; HEALTH SERVICE; HUMAN; INFORMATION PROCESSING; MEDICAL DECISION MAKING; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; PROFESSIONAL PRACTICE; REVIEW; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; THEORETICAL STUDY;

EID: 0038754042     PISSN: 03616274     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00004010-200304000-00005     Document Type: Review

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