Uncertainty in Health Care Environments: Myth or Reality?

Health Care Management Review

Volumn 29, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 31-39

  Begun, James W ^a   Kaissi, Amer A ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

^b TRINITY UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Change; Environmental uncertainty; Health care environments; Health care organizations; Strategic planning

Indexed keywords

CONCEPT FORMATION; DECISION MAKING; DYNAMICS; HEALTH CARE MANAGEMENT; HEALTH CARE MANPOWER; HEALTH CARE ORGANIZATION; HEALTH CARE PLANNING; MANAGER; REVIEW; UNCERTAINTY;

EID: 0842343449     PISSN: 03616274     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00004010-200401000-00005     Document Type: Review

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