Toward the creation of an institutional logic for the management of hospitals: Efficiency in the early nineteen hundreds

Medical Care Research and Review

Volumn 63, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 369-394

  Arndt, Margarete ^a   Bigelow, Barbara ^a  

^a CLARK UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Efficiency; Hospital history; Hospital management; Institutional logic

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; COMMERCIAL PHENOMENA; HEALTH CARE ACCESS; HEALTH CARE ORGANIZATION; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HISTORY; HOSPITAL COST; HOSPITAL MANAGEMENT; STANDARDIZATION;

AMERICAN HOSPITAL ASSOCIATION; BIBLIOMETRICS; EFFICIENCY, ORGANIZATIONAL; HISTORY, 20TH CENTURY; HOSPITAL ADMINISTRATION; LOGIC; ORGANIZATIONAL OBJECTIVES; PERIODICALS; UNITED STATES;

EID: 33646365082     PISSN: 10775587     EISSN: 15526801     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1077558706287044     Document Type: Article

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