Essays: Fable hospital 2.0: The business case for building better health care facilities

Hastings Center Report

Volumn 41, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 13-23

  Sadler, Blair L ^a   Berry, Leonard L ^a   Guenther, Robin ^a   Hamilton, D Kirk ^a   Hessler, Frederick A ^a   Merritt, Clayton ^a   Parker, Derek ^a  

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Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; COST CONTROL; ECONOMICS; ENVIRONMENTAL PLANNING; EVIDENCE BASED PRACTICE; FINANCIAL MANAGEMENT; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HOSPITAL DESIGN; HOSPITAL PERSONNEL; HUMAN; METHODOLOGY; OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; SAFETY; STANDARD;

CAPITAL FINANCING; COST CONTROL; ENVIRONMENT DESIGN; EVIDENCE-BASED PRACTICE; FINANCIAL MANAGEMENT, HOSPITAL; HOSPITAL DESIGN AND CONSTRUCTION; HUMANS; OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH; PERSONNEL, HOSPITAL; QUALITY ASSURANCE, HEALTH CARE; SAFETY MANAGEMENT;

EID: 79551591728     PISSN: 00930334     EISSN: 1552146X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/j.1552-146X.2011.tb00093.x     Document Type: Article

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