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The internal organization of hospitals: a descriptive study.

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Sloan, FA
Published in: Health services research
January 1980

This study presents descriptive information on several dimensions of the internal organization of hospitals, with particular emphasis on medical staff, using data from two unique national surveys. Three alternative theories of hospital behavior by economists are described and evaluated with these data. The study also shows how standard bed size, teaching, and ownership categories relate to important features of hospital organization. In this way, understanding of these standard "control" variables is enhanced. For example, systematic organizational differences between proprietary and other hospitals are reported, holding bed size and teaching status constant. No single theory of hospital behavior emerges as dominant. The tables demonstrate the diversity of hospitals and the likelihood that no single model can adequately describe the behavior of all hospitals.

Duke Scholars

Published In

Health services research

EISSN

1475-6773

ISSN

0017-9124

Publication Date

January 1980

Volume

15

Issue

3

Start / End Page

203 / 230

Related Subject Headings

  • United States
  • Ownership
  • Models, Theoretical
  • Medical Staff, Hospital
  • Hospitals, Teaching
  • Hospital Bed Capacity
  • Hospital Administration
  • Health Policy & Services
  • 4407 Policy and administration
  • 4203 Health services and systems
 

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Sloan, F. A. (1980). The internal organization of hospitals: a descriptive study. Health Services Research, 15(3), 203–230.
Sloan, F. A. “The internal organization of hospitals: a descriptive study.Health Services Research 15, no. 3 (January 1980): 203–30.
Sloan FA. The internal organization of hospitals: a descriptive study. Health services research. 1980 Jan;15(3):203–30.
Sloan, F. A. “The internal organization of hospitals: a descriptive study.Health Services Research, vol. 15, no. 3, Jan. 1980, pp. 203–30.
Sloan FA. The internal organization of hospitals: a descriptive study. Health services research. 1980 Jan;15(3):203–230.
Journal cover image

Published In

Health services research

EISSN

1475-6773

ISSN

0017-9124

Publication Date

January 1980

Volume

15

Issue

3

Start / End Page

203 / 230

Related Subject Headings

  • United States
  • Ownership
  • Models, Theoretical
  • Medical Staff, Hospital
  • Hospitals, Teaching
  • Hospital Bed Capacity
  • Hospital Administration
  • Health Policy & Services
  • 4407 Policy and administration
  • 4203 Health services and systems