Health programs struggling with complexity: A case study of the Dutch 'PreCare' project

Social Science and Medicine

Volumn 75, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 274-282

  Wehrens, Rik ^a   Bal, Roland ^a  

^a ERASMUS UNIVERSITY ROTTERDAM   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

(re)writing devices; Complexities in health care; Health promotion programs; Quantification; Rationalization in health care; Standardization

Indexed keywords

COMPLEXITY; HEALTH CARE; HEALTH SERVICES; RATIONALIZATION; STANDARDIZATION;

ARTICLE; CASE STUDY; CONCEPTUAL FRAMEWORK; DESCRIPTIVE RESEARCH; EMPIRICAL RESEARCH; EPISTEMOLOGY; HEALTH PROGRAM; PRECARE PROGRAM; PREVENTIVE HEALTH SERVICE; PROGRAM DEVELOPMENT; PUBLIC HEALTH SERVICE; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; SEMI STRUCTURED INTERVIEW; STANDARDIZATION;

CHILD HEALTH SERVICES; COST-BENEFIT ANALYSIS; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; NATIONAL HEALTH PROGRAMS; NETHERLANDS; OUTCOME AND PROCESS ASSESSMENT (HEALTH CARE); PRENATAL CARE; PREVENTIVE HEALTH SERVICES;

NETHERLANDS;

EID: 84861331809     PISSN: 02779536     EISSN: 18735347     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.socscimed.2012.02.052     Document Type: Article

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