Horizontal and vertical integration of physicians: A tale of two tails

Advances in Health Care Management

Volumn 15, Issue , 2013, Pages 39-117

  Burns, Lawton Robert ^a   Goldsmith, Jeff C ^b   Sen, Aditi ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF VIRGINIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Group practice; Horizontal integration; Physicians; Vertical integration

Indexed keywords

GROUP PRACTICE; HEALTH CARE SURVEY; HEALTH PERSONNEL ATTITUDE; HUMAN; JOB SATISFACTION; MEDICAL SOCIOLOGY; NONBIOLOGICAL MODEL; ORGANIZATION; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; PERSONNEL MANAGEMENT; PHYSICIAN; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; REVIEW; SOCIAL DOMINANCE; SYSTEMS THEORY; UNITED STATES;

ATTITUDE OF HEALTH PERSONNEL; EFFICIENCY, ORGANIZATIONAL; GROUP PRACTICE; HEALTH CARE SURVEYS; HIERARCHY, SOCIAL; HUMANS; JOB SATISFACTION; MODELS, ORGANIZATIONAL; ORGANIZATIONAL CULTURE; ORGANIZATIONAL INNOVATION; PERSONNEL TURNOVER; PHYSICIANS; SOCIOLOGY, MEDICAL; SYSTEMS THEORY; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84900791480     PISSN: 14748231     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1108/S1474-8231(2013)0000015009     Document Type: Article

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