title: Modeling virtual healthcare systems: methods for qualitative case analysis and sociometry of institutional infrastructures.
abstract: The objective of this paper is to present a strategy for the qualitative analysis of virtual institutional infrastructures serving complex healthcare systems. Methodologies considered include case analysis, grounded theory, and sociometry. The discussion is illustrated with references to case analyses of diverse healthcare systems. Particular attention is focused on ideological values expressed in market dynamics and system control structures.
authors.affiliation: Department of Management, Faculté des Sciences de l'Administration, Université Laval, Québec, Canada.
authors.forename: Ann
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Séror
mesh_terms: D003695:Delivery of Health Care / Q000458:organization & administration*; D006302:Health Services Research / Q000379:methods*; D006801:Humans; D020407:Internet; D019982:Organizational Case Studies; D015279:Organizational Culture; D012963:Sociometric Techniques; D013685:Telecommunications