Healthcare improvement as planned system change or complex responsive processes? A longitudinal case study in general practice

BMC Family Practice

Volumn 14, Issue , 2013, Pages

  Booth, Barbara J ^a   Zwar, Nicholas ^a   Harris, Mark F ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEW SOUTH WALES   (Australia)

Author keywords

Complexity; General practice; Organisational change; Quality improvement

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; AUTOMATED PATTERN RECOGNITION; CHRONIC DISEASE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; FEMALE; GENERAL PRACTICE; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HEALTH SERVICES RESEARCH; HUMAN; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; MALE; METHODOLOGY; ORGANIZATION; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; STANDARD; SYSTEM ANALYSIS;

CHRONIC DISEASE; FAMILY PRACTICE; FEMALE; HUMANS; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MALE; NEW SOUTH WALES; ORGANIZATIONAL CASE STUDIES; ORGANIZATIONAL INNOVATION; PATTERN RECOGNITION, AUTOMATED; PROCESS ASSESSMENT (HEALTH CARE); QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; QUALITY ASSURANCE, HEALTH CARE; SYSTEMS ANALYSIS;

MLCS; MLOWN;

EID: 84876715978     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14712296     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1471-2296-14-51     Document Type: Article

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