Evidence as a tool for managerial action: A complex adaptive systems view

Health Care Management Review

Volumn 34, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 216-218

  McDaniel Jr , Reuben R ^a   Lanham, Holly Jordan ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT AUSTIN   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BAYES THEOREM; EMPIRICAL RESEARCH; EVIDENCE BASED PRACTICE; HEALTH CARE; HEALTH CARE MANAGEMENT; HEALTH CARE ORGANIZATION; LEARNING; MANAGER; NOTE; RESEARCH;

DECISION MAKING, ORGANIZATIONAL; EVIDENCE-BASED PRACTICE; HEALTH FACILITIES;

EID: 68949096365     PISSN: 03616274     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/HMR.0b013e3181a943f7     Document Type: Note

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