Hospital management training and improvement in managerial skills: Serbian experience

Health Policy

Volumn 96, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 80-89

  Supic, Zorica Terzic ^a   Bjegovic, Vesna ^a   Marinkovic, Jelena ^a   Milicevic, Milena Santric ^a   Vasic, Vladimir ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BELGRADE   (Serbia)

Author keywords

Hospital management; Knowledge; Management learning; Management training; Managerial skills; Predictors

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DECISION MAKING; EVIDENCE BASED PRACTICE; FEMALE; GENERAL HOSPITAL; HOSPITAL MANAGEMENT; HOSPITAL PLANNING; HUMAN; INTERPERSONAL COMMUNICATION; MALE; MANAGER; PEER REVIEW ORGANIZATION; PROFESSIONAL COMPETENCE; PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT; SELF EVALUATION; SERBIA; SEX DIFFERENCE; STRATEGIC PLANNING; TOTAL QUALITY MANAGEMENT; WORK EXPERIENCE;

ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; EDUCATIONAL MEASUREMENT; HOSPITAL ADMINISTRATION; HOSPITALS, GENERAL; HUMANS; LINEAR MODELS; PROFESSIONAL COMPETENCE; SERBIA;

EID: 77952885585     PISSN: 01688510     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.healthpol.2010.01.002     Document Type: Article

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