title: Organization theory. Analyzing health care organizations.
abstract: Organization theory (OT) is a tool that can be applied to analyze and understand health care organizations. Transaction cost theory is used to explain, in a unifying fashion, the myriad changes being undertaken by different groups of constituencies in health care. Agency theory is applied to aligning economic incentives needed to ensure Integrated Delivery System (IDS) success. By using tools such as OT, a clearer understanding of organizational changes is possible.
authors.affiliation: Craven Regional Medical Center, New Bern, NC, USA.
authors.forename: W K
authors.initials: WK
authors.lastname: Cors
mesh_terms: D002204:Capitation Fee; D003659:Decision Making, Organizational; D019033:Delivery of Health Care, Integrated / Q000191:economics / Q000458:organization & administration*; D005376:Financial Management; D007349:Insurance, Health, Reimbursement; D017146:Models, Organizational; D009874:Operations Research; D009936:Organizational Innovation; D011216:Practice Management, Medical; D014481:United States