An empirical taxonomy of hospital governing board roles

Health Services Research

Volumn 43, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 1223-1243

  Lee, Shoou Yih D ^a   Alexander, Jeffrey A ^b   Wang, Virginia ^a   Margolin, Frances S ^c   Combes, John R ^d  

^a The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

^c Health Research and Educational Trust   (United States)

^d Center for Healthcare Governance   (United States)

Author keywords

Governing boards; Taxonomy; U.S. hospitals

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BOARD OF TRUSTEES; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; HEALTH CARE INDUSTRY; HEALTH CARE ORGANIZATION; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HOSPITAL POLICY; INFORMATION; MANAGEMENT; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; TAXONOMY; UNITED STATES;

AMERICAN HOSPITAL ASSOCIATION; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; CENTRALIZED HOSPITAL SERVICES; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; DECISION MAKING, ORGANIZATIONAL; GOVERNING BOARD; HOSPITALS, COMMUNITY; HUMANS; MODELS, ORGANIZATIONAL; ORGANIZATIONAL INNOVATION; ORGANIZATIONAL POLICY; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; UNITED STATES;

EID: 47649093798     PISSN: 00179124     EISSN: 14756773     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1475-6773.2008.00835.x     Document Type: Article

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