Decision-making in healthcare as a complex adaptive system

Healthcare Management Forum

Volumn 29, Issue 1, 2016, Pages 4-7

  Kuziemsky, Craig ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OTTAWA   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; DECISION MAKING; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HEALTH CARE MANAGEMENT; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HEALTH CARE SYSTEM; HEALTH SERVICE; HUMAN; LINEAR SYSTEM; NONLINEAR SYSTEM; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

EID: 84962625159     PISSN: 08404704     EISSN: 23523883     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0840470415614842     Document Type: Article

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