Is it better to be big?. The reconfiguration of 21st century hospitals: Responses to a hospital merger in Sweden

Health Policy

Volumn 87, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 92-99

  Ahgren, Bengt ^a  

^a NORDIC SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Economy of scale; Hospital merger; Integration and differentiation; Quality improvement

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; EMPLOYEE; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HOSPITAL; HOSPITAL MERGER; HUMAN; INTERVIEW; MERGERS AND ACQUISITIONS; QUESTIONNAIRE; SWEDEN;

ADMINISTRATIVE PERSONNEL; ATTITUDE OF HEALTH PERSONNEL; HEALTH FACILITY MERGER; HISTORY, 21ST CENTURY; HOSPITALS, PUBLIC; HUMANS; INTERVIEWS AS TOPIC; QUALITY ASSURANCE, HEALTH CARE; QUESTIONNAIRES; STATE MEDICINE; SWEDEN;

EID: 44149122805     PISSN: 01688510     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.healthpol.2008.02.001     Document Type: Article

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