Hospital-physician collaboration: Landscape of economic integration and impact on clinical integration

Milbank Quarterly

Volumn 86, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 375-434

  Burns, Lawton Robert ^a,b   Muller, Ralph W ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Clinical integration; Economic integration; Hospital physician relationships

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; COOPERATION; ECONOMICS; FINANCIAL MANAGEMENT; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HOSPITAL ORGANIZATION; HUMAN; INTEGRATED HEALTH CARE SYSTEM; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; PERSONNEL MANAGEMENT; PUBLIC RELATIONS; UNITED STATES;

COOPERATIVE BEHAVIOR; DELIVERY OF HEALTH CARE, INTEGRATED; EFFICIENCY, ORGANIZATIONAL; HOSPITAL-PHYSICIAN JOINT VENTURES; HOSPITAL-PHYSICIAN RELATIONS; HUMANS; INTERPROFESSIONAL RELATIONS; MARKETING OF HEALTH SERVICES; PHYSICIAN INCENTIVE PLANS; QUALITY INDICATORS, HEALTH CARE; UNITED STATES;

EID: 51749096673     PISSN: 0887378X     EISSN: 14680009     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1468-0009.2008.00527.x     Document Type: Article

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