Demand and supply-based operating modes - A framework for analyzing health care service production

Milbank Quarterly

Volumn 88, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 595-615

  Lillrank, Paul ^a   Groop, P Johan ^a   Malmstroöm, Tomi J ^a  

^a AALTO UNIVERSITY   (Finland)

Author keywords

Demand and supply based operating modes (DSO modes); health care demand; health care operations management; health service production; organizational architecture; segmentation

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HEALTH CARE NEED; HEALTH CARE ORGANIZATION; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HEALTH SERVICE; ORGANIZATIONAL STRUCTURE; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ALGORITHMS; CONTINUITY OF PATIENT CARE; CRITICAL PATHWAYS; DATA INTERPRETATION, STATISTICAL; DIAGNOSIS-RELATED GROUPS; EPISODE OF CARE; HEALTH CARE SECTOR; HEALTH SERVICES NEEDS AND DEMAND; HEALTH SERVICES RESEARCH; HUMANS; MARKETING OF HEALTH SERVICES; MODELS, ECONOMETRIC; MODELS, ORGANIZATIONAL; OPERATIONS RESEARCH; ORGANIZATIONAL OBJECTIVES; OUTCOME AND PROCESS ASSESSMENT (HEALTH CARE); PROGRESSIVE PATIENT CARE; TIME MANAGEMENT;

EID: 78650525056     PISSN: 0887378X     EISSN: 14680009     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1468-0009.2010.00613.x     Document Type: Article

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