Explaining health care professionals' resistance to implement Diagnosis Related Groups: (No) benefits for society, patients and professionals

Health Policy

Volumn 108, Issue 2-3, 2012, Pages 158-166

  Tummers, L G ^a   Van de Walle, Steven ^a  

^a ERASMUS UNIVERSITY ROTTERDAM   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Diagnosis Related Groups; Health care professionals; Policy benefits; Policy implementation; Resistance to change

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; ATTITUDE; DEMOGRAPHY; DIAGNOSIS RELATED GROUP; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; MENTAL HEALTH CARE; PATIENT CARE; PSYCHIATRIST; PSYCHOLOGIST; PSYCHOTHERAPIST; SALARY AND FRINGE BENEFIT; SOCIAL ASPECT;

ATTITUDE OF HEALTH PERSONNEL; DATA COLLECTION; DIAGNOSIS-RELATED GROUPS; FEMALE; HEALTH PERSONNEL; HUMANS; MALE; MENTAL HEALTH SERVICES; MIDDLE AGED; MODELS, ORGANIZATIONAL; NETHERLANDS; ORGANIZATIONAL INNOVATION; PROGRAM DEVELOPMENT;

EID: 84870063985     PISSN: 01688510     EISSN: 18726054     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.healthpol.2012.08.024     Document Type: Article

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