Responses of Israeli HMOs to environmental change following the National Health Insurance Law: Opening the black box

Health Policy

Volumn 76, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 213-232

  Gross, Revital ^a,b   Harrison, Michael I ^b  

^a MYERS JDC BROOKDALE INSTITUTE   (Israel)

^b BAR ILAN UNIVERSITY   (Israel)

Author keywords

HMO; Israel; Managed competition; Organizational adaptation; Strategy

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; ENVIRONMENTAL CHANGE; HEALTH CARE MANAGEMENT; HEALTH CARE ORGANIZATION; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HEALTH CARE SYSTEM; HEALTH INSURANCE; HUMAN; ISRAEL; LAW; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS;

ECONOMIC COMPETITION; HEALTH MAINTENANCE ORGANIZATIONS; ISRAEL; ORGANIZATIONAL INNOVATION;

EID: 33644679031     PISSN: 01688510     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.healthpol.2005.06.007     Document Type: Article

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