Development of an integrated healthcare facilities management model

Facilities

Volumn 22, Issue , 2004, Pages 129-140

  Shohet, Igal M ^a   Lavy, Sarel ^a  

^a TECHNION ISRAEL INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Israel)

Author keywords

Health services; Information systems; Israel; Maintenance; Performance levels; Risk management

Indexed keywords

EID: 84985994594     PISSN: 02632772     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/02632770410540342     Document Type: Article

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