System characteristics of healthcare organizations conducting successful improvements

Journal of Health, Organisation and Management

Volumn 21, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 283-296

  Olsson, Jesper ^a,b,c   Elg, Mattias ^d   Lindblad, Staffan ^b  

^a Swedish Association of Local Authorities and Regions   (Sweden)

^b KAROLINSKA INSTITUTE   (Sweden)

^c CHALMERS UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Sweden)

^d LINKÖPING UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Business improvement; Health services; Organizational change; Sweden

Indexed keywords

EID: 34250796416     PISSN: 14777266     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/14777260710751744     Document Type: Article

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