Use of Self-Organizing Maps for Balanced Scorecard analysis to monitor the performance of dialysis clinic chains

Health Care Management Science

Volumn 15, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 79-90

  Cattinelli, Isabella ^a   Bolzoni, Elena ^a   Barbieri, Carlo ^a   Mari, Flavio ^a   Martin Guerrero, J David ^c   Soria Olivas, Emilio ^c   Martinez Martinez, J Maria ^c   Gomez Sanchis, Juan ^c   Amato, Claudia ^a   Stopper, Andrea ^a   Gatti, Emanuele ^a,b  

^a FRESENIUS MEDICAL CARE   (Germany)

^b DANUBE UNIVERSITY KREMS   (Austria)

^c UNIVERSITY OF VALENCIA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Artificial Neural Networks; Balanced Scorecard; Dialysis; Healthcare; Quality control system; Self Organizing Maps

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HUMAN; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; OUTPATIENT DEPARTMENT; RENAL REPLACEMENT THERAPY;

AMBULATORY CARE FACILITIES; HUMANS; QUALITY INDICATORS, HEALTH CARE; QUALITY OF HEALTH CARE; RENAL DIALYSIS;

EID: 84856273877     PISSN: 13869620     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10729-011-9183-6     Document Type: Article

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