title: Decision making for health care managers and supervisors: theory into practice.
abstract: Health care managers and supervisors make decisions throughout the day. Often, they use the common steps of decision making. This article describes common decision theories that underpin the steps. The article includes specific examples of applications of the theories and a glossary of terms. Experienced and novice health care managers and supervisors can improve their decision making by matching concepts from the decision theories to their problems.
authors: Health Services and Information Management, East Carolina University, Greenville, NC, USA. Laymane@ECU.edu
authors: Elizabeth J
authors: EJ
authors: Layman
mesh_terms: D001499:Bayes Theorem; D003657:Decision Making; D003662:Decision Theory; D005716:Game Theory; D006126:Group Processes; D006270:Health Facility Administrators; D006801:Humans; D018803:Models, Economic; D018570:Risk Assessment