title: Increasing the effectiveness of resource deployment in healthcare organizations.
abstract: This article suggests ways to enhance the effectiveness with which healthcare organizations deploy their resources. Specifically, the article: (1) reviews research findings from the academic literature that managers often continue, or even increase, resource allocation to unprofitable courses of action; (2) reports the results of a case study with hospital administrations that suggests that this tendency may exist in healthcare organizations; and (3) suggests ways for healthcare organizations to control the occurrence of such suboptimal actions, thereby increasing the effectiveness and timeliness of their resource deployment.
authors.affiliation: San Diego State University, California, USA.
authors.forename: C W
authors.initials: CW
authors.lastname: Chow
authors.forename: V
authors.initials: V
authors.lastname: Odmark
authors.forename: D
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Ganulin
authors.forename: K
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Haddad
authors.forename: P D
authors.initials: PD
authors.lastname: Harrison
mesh_terms: D001291:Attitude of Health Personnel; D003659:Decision Making, Organizational; D015276:Health Care Rationing / Q000458:organization & administration*; D006302:Health Services Research; D006739:Hospital Administration / Q000592:standards*; D006740:Hospital Administrators / Q000523:psychology / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D006801:Humans; D007255:Information Services; D008330:Management Audit; D019982:Organizational Case Studies; D010865:Pilot Projects; D015397:Program Evaluation; D014481:United States