Is product-line management appropriate for your health care facility?
Although many hospitals have adopted product-line management as a management tool, questions remain about its applicability in the health care industry. Using a national sample, the authors examine the impact of product-line management on operating results and profile hospitals in which product-line management has been associated with higher performance. Their study reveals the circumstances under which product-line management is likely to be the most successful.
Naidu
G M
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College of Business and Economics, University of Wisconsin-Whitewater.
Kleimenhagen
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Pillari
G D
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