High performance public health: Assessing agencies' strategic management capabilities

Journal of Health and Human Services Administration

Volumn 25, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 407-431

  Ford, Eric W ^a   Wells, Rebecca ^a   Capper, Stuart A ^b  

^a PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b TULANE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HEALTH CARE MANAGEMENT; HEALTH CARE ORGANIZATION; HEALTH CARE PLANNING; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HEALTH SERVICE; PERFORMANCE; PUBLIC HEALTH SERVICE;

EID: 2542462401     PISSN: 10793739     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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