The Patient Care Delivery Model - an open system framework: Conceptualisation, literature review and analytical strategy

Journal of Clinical Nursing

Volumn 20, Issue 11-12, 2011, Pages 1640-1650

  O'Brien Pallas, Linda ^a   Meyer, Raquel M ^a   Hayes, Laureen J ^a   Wang, Sping ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

Author keywords

Health Services Research; Literature review; Organisational behaviour; Outcomes; Patient Care Delivery Model; Workforce issues

Indexed keywords

HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; REVIEW; THEORETICAL MODEL;

DELIVERY OF HEALTH CARE; MODELS, THEORETICAL;

EID: 79955750682     PISSN: 09621067     EISSN: 13652702     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2702.2010.03391.x     Document Type: Review

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