SARS and hospital priority setting: A qualitative case study and evaluation

BMC Health Services Research

Volumn 4, Issue , 2004, Pages

  Bell, Jennifer A H ^a   Hyland, Sylvia ^a,d   DePellegrin, Tania ^a   Upshur, Ross E G ^a,b,c,e   Bernstein, Mark ^a,c,d   Martin, Douglas K ^a,b  

^a at the University of Toronto Wagner is also a faculty member of the Canadian Medical Associations' Physician Management Institute   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^d TORONTO WESTERN HOSPITAL   (Canada)

^e SUNNYBROOK RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CANADA; HEALTH CARE ORGANIZATION; HEALTH SERVICE; HOSPITAL SERVICE; HUMAN; MEDICAL DECISION MAKING; MEDICAL ETHICS; SEVERE ACUTE RESPIRATORY SYNDROME; DISEASE OUTBREAKS; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; ETHICS; EVALUATION STUDY; HEALTH CARE PLANNING; HEALTH PERSONNEL ATTITUDE; HEALTH SERVICES RESEARCH; HOSPITAL; INFECTION CONTROL; LEADERSHIP; ORGANIZATION; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; PATIENT CARE; POLICY; PREVENTION AND CONTROL; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; QUALITY CONTROL; QUESTIONNAIRE; RESOURCE ALLOCATION; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; STANDARDS;

ATTITUDE OF HEALTH PERSONNEL; BENCHMARKING; DECISION MAKING, ORGANIZATIONAL; DISEASE OUTBREAKS; HEALTH PRIORITIES; HOSPITALS, URBAN; HUMANS; INFECTION CONTROL; INFECTIOUS DISEASE TRANSMISSION, PATIENT-TO-PROFESSIONAL; LEADERSHIP; ONTARIO; ORGANIZATIONAL CASE STUDIES; ORGANIZATIONAL POLICY; PATIENT ISOLATION; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; QUESTIONNAIRES; RESOURCE ALLOCATION; SEVERE ACUTE RESPIRATORY SYNDROME; SOCIAL RESPONSIBILITY;

EID: 14544283352     PISSN: 14726963     EISSN: 14726963     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1472-6963-4-36     Document Type: Article

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