Empirically testing determinants of hospital BPR success

International Journal of Health Care Quality Assurance

Volumn 18, Issue 7, 2005, Pages 552-563

  Caccia Bava, Maria Do Carmo ^a   Guimaraes, Valerie C K ^b   Guimaraes, Tor ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

^b White County Community Hospital   (United States)

^c TENNESSEE TECHNOLOGICAL UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Business process re engineering; Medical management; Project management

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; ECONOMIC ASPECT; EMPIRICAL RESEARCH; GENERAL HOSPITAL; HOSPITAL ADMINISTRATOR; HUMAN; ORGANIZATION; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; QUESTIONNAIRE; UNITED STATES;

ECONOMIC COMPETITION; EFFICIENCY, ORGANIZATIONAL; EMPIRICAL RESEARCH; HOSPITAL ADMINISTRATORS; HOSPITALS, GENERAL; HUMANS; ORGANIZATIONAL INNOVATION; QUESTIONNAIRES; UNITED STATES;

EID: 27644487895     PISSN: 09526862     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/09526860510627238     Document Type: Article

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