Organizational culture and its relationship with hospital performance in public hospitals in China

Health Services Research

Volumn 46, Issue 6 PART 2, 2011, Pages 2139-2160

  Zhou, Ping ^a   Bundorf, Kate ^b   Le Chang, Ji ^c   Huang, Jin Xin ^d   Xue, Di ^a  

^a FUDAN UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b STANFORD UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c Health Bureau of Gansu Province   (China)

^d Health Department of Hubei Province   (China)

Author keywords

Business and management; comparative health systems international health; hospitals; organization theory

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CHINA; CLINICAL ASSESSMENT TOOL; COST CONTROL; EMPOWERMENT; HEALTH CARE SURVEY; HEALTH SERVICE; HOSPITAL PERSONNEL; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; JOB PERFORMANCE; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; ORGANIZATION; PATIENT SATISFACTION; PERCEPTION; PHYSICIAN; POPULATION REGULATION; PUBLIC HOSPITAL;

ATTITUDE OF HEALTH PERSONNEL; CHINA; EFFICIENCY, ORGANIZATIONAL; EMPLOYEE PERFORMANCE APPRAISAL; HEALTH CARE SURVEYS; HOSPITALS, PUBLIC; HUMANS; JOB SATISFACTION; MEDICAL STAFF, HOSPITAL; ORGANIZATIONAL CULTURE; QUALITY INDICATORS, HEALTH CARE;

EID: 81855217530     PISSN: 00179124     EISSN: 14756773     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1475-6773.2011.01336.x     Document Type: Article

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