Achieving and sustaining profound institutional change in healthcare: Case study using neo-institutional theory

Social Science and Medicine

Volumn 80, Issue , 2013, Pages 10-18

  Macfarlane, Fraser ^a   Barton Sweeney, Cathy ^a   Woodard, Fran ^b   Greenhalgh, Trisha ^a  

^a QUEEN MARY UNIVERSITY OF LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b KING'S COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Longitudinal case study; Modernisation; Neo institutional theory; Transformational change; UK; Whole system change

Indexed keywords

ATTENTION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DATA ANALYSIS; FUNDING; HEALTH CARE ORGANIZATION; HUMAN; IDENTITY; INTERVIEW; QUESTIONNAIRE; SECONDARY ANALYSIS; STATISTICS; STUDY DESIGN; THEORETICAL MODEL; UNITED KINGDOM; ARTICLE; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; NATIONAL HEALTH SERVICE; NONBIOLOGICAL MODEL; ORGANIZATION; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT;

DELIVERY OF HEALTH CARE; HUMANS; LONDON; MODELS, ORGANIZATIONAL; ORGANIZATIONAL INNOVATION; STATE MEDICINE;

MLCS; MLOWN;

EID: 84876471619     PISSN: 02779536     EISSN: 18735347     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.socscimed.2013.01.005     Document Type: Article

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