Developing and operationalizing a product/service classification system for health care providers.
A variety of classification systems have been presented since 1923. They have been directed toward classifying consumer goods, industrial goods, services, and ideas. The author assimilates several systems into a single system and describes two tools for operationalizing it. Examples and figures are presented and discussed.
D003662:Decision Theory; D006739:Hospital Administration / Q000145:classification*; D006761:Hospitals; D008389:Marketing of Health Services / Q000145:classification*; D011357:Product Line Management / Q000145:classification*; D014481:United States