Leading a change process to improve health service delivery

Bulletin of the World Health Organization

Volumn 84, Issue 8, 2006, Pages 658-661

  Bahamon, Claire ^a   Dwyer, Joseph ^a   Buxbaum, Ann ^a  

^a MANAGEMENT SCIENCES FOR HEALTH   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HEALTH SERVICES; MANAGEMENT PRACTICE; ORGANIZATIONAL FRAMEWORK;

CONFERENCE PAPER; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HEALTH CARE MANAGEMENT; HEALTH CARE ORGANIZATION; HEALTH CARE SYSTEM; HEALTH SERVICE; HUMAN; MEDICAL DECISION MAKING; MEDICAL PRACTICE; PROCESS DEVELOPMENT; RESPONSIBILITY;

DELIVERY OF HEALTH CARE; HEALTH SERVICES ACCESSIBILITY; HUMANS; INFORMATION DISSEMINATION; WORLD HEALTH;

EID: 33748346672     PISSN: 00429686     EISSN: 15640604     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2471/BLT.05.0287872     Document Type: Conference Paper

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