The effects of knowledge management on surgeon behavior

Journal of Health Care Finance

Volumn 31, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 31-40

  Melick, Clifford F ^a   Buchbinder, Dale ^a   Coll, David P ^b   Moore, Sylvia ^c   Lee, Chih Chen ^d   Surysekar, Krishnamurthy ^d   Wang, Te Wei ^d   Forgione, Dana A ^d  

^a GREATER BALTIMORE MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b Staff of Greater Baltimore Vascular Surgeons   (United States)

^c St Joseph Medical Center   (United States)

^d FLORIDA INTERNATIONAL UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Accountability; Efficiency; Knowledge management; Motivation; Performance

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; DIAGNOSIS RELATED GROUP; HUMAN; MANPOWER; PHYSICIAN; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; SURGERY; UNITED STATES;

DIAGNOSIS-RELATED GROUPS; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HUMANS; PHYSICIANS; SOCIAL RESPONSIBILITY; SURGERY; UNITED STATES;

EID: 18244410437     PISSN: 10786767     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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