The effects of focus on performance: Evidence from California hospitals

Management Science

Volumn 57, Issue 11, 2011, Pages 1897-1912

  Diwas Singh, K C ^a   Terwiesch, Christian ^b  

^a EMORY UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Health care operations; Productivity; Quality; Service operations

Indexed keywords

CALIFORNIA; CARDIAC PATIENTS; ESTIMATION STRATEGIES; HEALTH-CARE OPERATIONS; INSTRUMENTAL VARIABLES; MORTALITY RATE; OPERATING UNITS; OPERATIONAL PERFORMANCE; PROCESS FLOWS; SERVICE OPERATIONS;

IMAGE QUALITY; INDUSTRY; POPULATION STATISTICS; PRODUCTIVITY;

HOSPITALS;

EID: 81255191066     PISSN: 00251909     EISSN: 15265501     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1287/mnsc.1110.1401     Document Type: Article

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