Lean management in health care: Definition, concepts, methodology and effects reported (systematic review protocol)

Systematic Reviews

Volumn 3, Issue 1, 2014, Pages

  Lawal, Adegboyega K ^a   Rotter, Thomas ^a   Kinsman, Leigh ^b   Sari, Nazmi ^a   Harrison, Liz ^c   Jeffery, Cathy ^a   Kutz, Mareike ^d   Khan, Mohammad F ^a   Flynn, Rachel ^e  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SASKATCHEWAN   (Canada)

^b MONASH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^c UNIVERSITY OF SASKATCHEWAN   (Canada)

^d UNIVERSITY OF APPLIED SCIENCES OSNABRÜCK   (Germany)

^e UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Health care; Lean; Systematic review; Toyota management system

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; COCHRANE LIBRARY; DATA EXTRACTION; HEALTH CARE MANAGEMENT; HUMAN; LEADERSHIP; LEAN MANAGEMENT; METHODOLOGY; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PUBLICATION; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW (TOPIC); TOTAL QUALITY MANAGEMENT; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; JOB SATISFACTION; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; PATIENT SATISFACTION; TIME; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

DELIVERY OF HEALTH CARE; HEALTH PERSONNEL; HUMANS; JOB SATISFACTION; OUTCOME AND PROCESS ASSESSMENT (HEALTH CARE); PATIENT SATISFACTION; QUALITY IMPROVEMENT; RESEARCH DESIGN; TIME FACTORS; TOTAL QUALITY MANAGEMENT;

EID: 84928045702     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20464053     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/2046-4053-3-103     Document Type: Article

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