How institutional theory speaks to changes in organizational populations.
In this issue, Begun and Luke note striking variation in organizational arrangements across local health care markets and probe how characteristics of those markets affect shifts in organizational populations over time. This article contributes to this FORUM by focusing on how institutional theory's emphasis on the culturally mediated nature of organizational change speaks to the evolution of local market structures over time.
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Department of Health Policy & Administration, Pennsylvania State University, University Park, Pennsylvania, USA.
D001294:Attitude to Health; D002391:Catchment Area, Health; D019981:Health Care Sector / Q000458:organization & administration* / Q000639:trends*; D006302:Health Services Research / Q000379:methods; D006801:Humans; D017146:Models, Organizational; D015279:Organizational Culture; D009936:Organizational Innovation; D017062:Small-Area Analysis; D014481:United States