Identifying key performance indicators for holistic hospital management with a modified DEMATEL approach

International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health

Volumn 14, Issue 8, 2017, Pages

  Si, Sheng Li ^a   You, Xiao Yue ^a,b   Liu, Hu Chen ^c   Huang, Jia ^c  

^a TONGJI UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

^c SHANGHAI UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Decision making trial and evaluation laboratory (DEMATEL); Evidential reasoning; Hospital management; Key performance indicator (KPI)

Indexed keywords

DECISION MAKING; HOSPITAL SECTOR; MANAGEMENT PRACTICE; PUBLIC HEALTH;

DECISION MAKING; HEALTH CARE ORGANIZATION; HOSPITAL MANAGEMENT; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; LABORATORY TECHNIQUE; DECISION SUPPORT SYSTEM; PROCEDURES;

DECISION MAKING; DECISION SUPPORT TECHNIQUES; HOSPITAL ADMINISTRATION;

EID: 85028035138     PISSN: 16617827     EISSN: 16604601     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3390/ijerph14080934     Document Type: Article

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