Competition and its implications for managing health care organizations.
Reports that the US health care system has been shifting since the 1960s to a competitive environment with many new and innovative organizational forms. Describes the nature of the competitive environment for health care and some of the basic forms of the new organizational arrangements. Explores some of the implications for managing successful health care organizations by the understanding of interorganizational linkages in the health care industry and a partnership approach to marketing and management.
Robinson
M K
MK
School of Business Administration and Economics, California State University, Fullerton, USA.
Kleiner
B H
BH
D002204:Capitation Fee; D003695:Delivery of Health Care / Q000191:economics / Q000639:trends*; D004465:Economic Competition / Q000639:trends*; D017048:Health Care Costs / Q000639:trends; D019981:Health Care Sector / Q000639:trends*; D006801:Humans; D008329:Managed Care Programs / Q000191:economics / Q000639:trends; D006278:Medicare / Q000191:economics; D014481:United States