Integration of health care organizations: Using the power strategies of horizontal and vertical integration in public and private health systems

Health Care Manager

Volumn 26, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 116-127

  Thaldorf, Carey ^a,b   Liberman, Aaron ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CENTRAL FLORIDA   (United States)

^b NONE   (United States)

Author keywords

Action research; Horizontal integration; Power strategies; Vertical integration; VISTA

Indexed keywords

HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HUMAN; INTEGRATED HEALTH CARE SYSTEM; ORGANIZATION; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; REVIEW;

DELIVERY OF HEALTH CARE; DELIVERY OF HEALTH CARE, INTEGRATED; HUMANS; ORGANIZATIONAL AFFILIATION; PRIVATE SECTOR;

EID: 34247553822     PISSN: 15255794     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01.HCM.0000268614.41115.fc     Document Type: Review

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