Implementing managerial innovations in primary care: Can we rank change drivers in complex adaptive organizations?

Health Care Management Review

Volumn 32, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 213-225

  Longo, Francesco ^a  

^a BOCCONI UNIVERSITY   (Italy)

Author keywords

Change management; Innovation; Italy; Managerial tools; Primary care

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BUDGET; FINANCIAL MANAGEMENT; GENERAL PRACTITIONER; HEALTH CARE MANAGEMENT; HEALTH CARE ORGANIZATION; HEALTH CARE PLANNING; HEALTH CARE POLICY; LEADERSHIP; MOTIVATION; PRIMARY MEDICAL CARE; PROFESSIONAL COMPETENCE; QUALITATIVE ANALYSIS;

DIFFUSION OF INNOVATION; HUMANS; INTERVIEWS; ITALY; NATIONAL HEALTH PROGRAMS; PRIMARY HEALTH CARE; UNITED STATES;

EID: 34547664944     PISSN: 03616274     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01.HMR.0000281620.13116.ce     Document Type: Article

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