Hospital managers' need for information in decision-making - An interview study in nine European countries

Health Policy

Volumn 119, Issue 11, 2015, Pages 1424-1432

  Kidholm, Kristian ^a   Ølholm, Anne Mette ^a   Birk Olsen, Mette ^a   Cicchetti, Americo ^b   Fure, Brynjar ^c   Halmesmäki, Esa ^d   Kahveci, Rabia ^e   Kiivet, Raul Allan ^f   Wasserfallen, Jean Blaise ^g   Wild, Claudia ^h   Sampietro Colom, Laura ⁱ  

^a ODENSE UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Denmark)

^b CATHOLIC UNIVERSITY   (Italy)

^c Norwegian Knowledge Center for the Health Services   (Norway)

^d HOSPITAL DISTRICT OF HELSINKI AND UUSIMAA   (Finland)

^e ANKARA TRAINING AND RESEARCH HOSPITAL   (Turkey)

^f TARTU UNIVERSITY CLINICS   (Estonia)

^g LAUSANNE UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Switzerland)

^h LUDWIG BOLTZMANN INSTITUTE FOR LUNG VASCULAR RESEARCH   (Austria)

ⁱ HOSPITAL CLÍNIC   (Spain)

Author keywords

Decision makers; Decision making; Hospital based HTA; HTA; Informational needs

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; AUSTRIA; BUDGET; CLINICAL EFFECTIVENESS; DENMARK; ECONOMICS; ESTONIA; FEMALE; FINLAND; HOSPITAL INFORMATION SYSTEM; HUMAN; ITALY; LEGAL ASPECT; MALE; MANAGER; MEDICAL DECISION MAKING; MEDICAL ETHICS; MEDICAL INFORMATION; NORWAY; REIMBURSEMENT; SAFETY; SOCIAL ASPECT; SPAIN; STRUCTURED INTERVIEW; SWITZERLAND; TURKEY (REPUBLIC); ACCESS TO INFORMATION; EUROPE; HOSPITAL ADMINISTRATOR; INTERVIEW; MEDICAL TECHNOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; ORGANIZATION;

ACCESS TO INFORMATION; BIOMEDICAL TECHNOLOGY; DECISION MAKING, ORGANIZATIONAL; EUROPE; FEMALE; HOSPITAL ADMINISTRATORS; HUMANS; INTERVIEWS AS TOPIC; MALE; MIDDLE AGED;

EID: 84951905833     PISSN: 01688510     EISSN: 18726054     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.healthpol.2015.08.011     Document Type: Article

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