When 'solutions of yesterday become problems of today': Crisis-ridden decision making in a complex adaptive system (CAS) - The Additional Duty Hours Allowance in Ghana

Health Policy and Planning

Volumn 27, Issue SUPPL. 4, 2012, Pages

  Agyepong, Irene Akua ^a,b   Kodua, Augustina ^c   Adjei, Sam ^d   Adam, Taghreed ^e  

^a GHANA HEALTH SERVICE   (Ghana)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GHANA   (Ghana)

^c MINISTRY OF HEALTH   (Ghana)

^d Center for Health and Social Services (CHeSS)   (Ghana)

^e WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

causal loops; Complex adaptive systems (CAS); decision making; implementation; process; systems thinking

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; DECISION MAKING; ECONOMICS; GHANA; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HEALTH CARE PLANNING; HEALTH CARE POLICY; LEGAL ASPECT; MANAGEMENT; MEDICAL STAFF; ORGANIZATION; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; SALARY AND FRINGE BENEFIT;

AFTER-HOURS CARE; DECISION MAKING; DELIVERY OF HEALTH CARE; GHANA; HEALTH PLAN IMPLEMENTATION; HEALTH POLICY; MEDICAL STAFF; ORGANIZATIONAL INNOVATION; POLICY MAKING; SALARIES AND FRINGE BENEFITS;

EID: 84866949710     PISSN: 02681080     EISSN: 14602237     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/heapol/czs083     Document Type: Article

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