title: Provider integration and local market conditions: a contingency theory perspective.
abstract: In recent years we have witnessed an expanding array of organizational arrangements for providing health care services in the U.S. These arrangements integrate previously independent providers at one or more points on the continuum of care. The presence of so many of these arrangements raises the question of whether certain types are more effective than are others to help providers adapt to their environment. This article discusses contingency theory as a conceptual lens for guiding empirical studies of the effectiveness of different types of arrangements.
authors: Department of Veterans Affairs, Boston University School of Public Health, Program on Health Policy and Management, USA.
authors: G J
authors: GJ
authors: Young
authors: V A
authors: VA
authors: Parker
authors: M P
authors: MP
authors: Charns
mesh_terms: D003266:Continuity of Patient Care / Q000458:organization & administration*; D003659:Decision Making, Organizational; D019033:Delivery of Health Care, Integrated / Q000458:organization & administration*; D005069:Evaluation Studies as Topic; D006302:Health Services Research / Q000379:methods*; D017146:Models, Organizational; D009096:Multi-Institutional Systems / Q000458:organization & administration*; D009874:Operations Research; D018511:Systems Integration; D014481:United States