title: Improving health outcomes through patient empowerment.
abstract: The concept of empowerment can be successfully used in the healthcare industry to positively influence patient participation and compliance with their program of treatment. This paper examines the literature that has developed in the area and presents a model that incorporates patient empowerment into the healthcare delivery process. Managerial implications and directions for future research are also presented.
authors.affiliation: Graduate School of Management, University of Alabama at Birmingham, Birmingham, AL 35494, USA. tpowers@uab.edu
authors.forename: Thomas L
authors.initials: TL
authors.lastname: Powers
authors.forename: Dawn
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Bendall
mesh_terms: D006801:Humans; D008960:Models, Psychological; D017063:Outcome Assessment, Health Care; D010361:Patients / Q000523:psychology*; D011209:Power, Psychological; D014481:United States