Is organizational complexity the way to improve medical care? Unscientific reflections from going to the doctor in Cleveland and Paris

Journal of Health Services Research and Policy

Volumn 20, Issue 2, 2015, Pages 126-128

  White, Joseph ^a  

^a CASE WESTERN RESERVE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

integration; international comparisons; teamwork

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CONSULTATION; DOCTOR PATIENT RELATION; ELECTRONIC MEDICAL RECORD; FRANCE; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; HEALTH CARE COST; HEALTH CARE FACILITY; HEALTH CARE ORGANIZATION; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HEALTH CARE PRACTICE; HEALTH CARE SYSTEM; HUMAN; INCOME; INTEGRATED HEALTH CARE SYSTEM; MEDICAL CARE; NURSE; OUTPATIENT CARE; PARAMEDICAL PERSONNEL; PHYSICIAN ATTITUDE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; UNITED STATES; COMPARATIVE STUDY; ECONOMICS; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; INTERNATIONAL COOPERATION; OHIO; ORGANIZATION; PROCEDURES; PROFESSIONAL-PATIENT RELATIONSHIP; PUBLIC HEALTH;

DELIVERY OF HEALTH CARE; HEALTH PERSONNEL; HUMANS; INTERNATIONALITY; NATIONAL HEALTH PROGRAMS; OHIO; ORGANIZATIONAL CULTURE; PARIS; PROFESSIONAL-PATIENT RELATIONS;

EID: 84955269085     PISSN: 13558196     EISSN: 17581060     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1355819615572495     Document Type: Article

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