Strategic outsourcing of clinical services: A model for volume-stressed academic medical centers

Health Care Management Review

Volumn 29, Issue 4, 2004, Pages 291-297

  Billi, John E ^a,b   Pai, Chih Wen ^a   Spahlinger, David A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

Author keywords

Academic medical center; Decision making; Organizational change; Outsourcing; Strategic planning

Indexed keywords

FINANCIAL MANAGEMENT; HEALTH CARE MANAGEMENT; HEALTH CARE ORGANIZATION; HEALTH SERVICE; MEDICAL DECISION MAKING; REVIEW; THEORETICAL MODEL; UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL;

EID: 8344263934     PISSN: 03616274     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00004010-200410000-00005     Document Type: Review

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