Is management essential to improving the performance and sustainability of health care systems and organizations? A systematic review and a roadmap for future studies

Value in Health

Volumn 16, Issue 1 SUPPL., 2013, Pages

  Lega, Federico ^a   Prenestini, Anna ^a   Spurgeon, Peter ^b  

^a BOCCONI UNIVERSITY   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WARWICK   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

health care system; management; performance; sustainability

Indexed keywords

CLINICAL PRACTICE; HEALTH CARE MANAGEMENT; HEALTH CARE ORGANIZATION; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HEALTH CARE SYSTEM; HEALTH ECONOMICS; HOSPITAL MANAGEMENT; LEADERSHIP; MORTALITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW;

EID: 84872321402     PISSN: 10983015     EISSN: 15244733     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jval.2012.10.004     Document Type: Article

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