Lean in healthcare: The unfilled promise?

Social Science and Medicine

Volumn 74, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 364-371

  Radnor, Zoe J ^a   Holweg, Matthias ^b   Waring, Justin ^c  

^a CARDIFF UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF NOTTINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Context dependence; Efficiency; Lean thinking; Process improvement

Indexed keywords

EFFICIENCY MEASUREMENT; HEALTH CARE; HEALTH SERVICES; MANUFACTURING; PRIVATE SECTOR;

ARTICLE; DECISION MAKING; GOVERNMENT; HEALTH CARE MANAGEMENT; HEALTH CARE ORGANIZATION; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HEALTH CARE SYSTEM; METHODOLOGY; NATIONAL HEALTH SERVICE;

DELIVERY OF HEALTH CARE; EFFICIENCY, ORGANIZATIONAL; GREAT BRITAIN; HEALTH SERVICES RESEARCH; HOSPITALS, PUBLIC; HUMANS; MENTAL HEALTH SERVICES; STATE MEDICINE;

ENGLAND; UNITED KINGDOM;

EID: 84856228570     PISSN: 02779536     EISSN: 18735347     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.socscimed.2011.02.011     Document Type: Article

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