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Organizational structure and the delivery of primary care to older Americans.

Year: 1998

Type: article

Abstract: OBJECTIVE: To explore how internal factors, such as organizational size, mission, ownership, and managerial communication and control structures, affect the delivery of primary care to older Americans across a wide variety of practice settings: ambulatory practices, hospitals, nursing homes, and home healthcare agencies. DESIGN: Use of the structure/process/outcome paradigm and contingency theory to examine the empirical research linking structural factors to outcomes. CONCLUSION: Using these studies as a background, we consider the implications for the provision of primary care to older Americans including the impact of evolving intraorganizational structure in healthcare organization.

Source: Europe PMC (PubMed Central)

Authors: J S Zinn, V Mor

Institution: Temple University

Language: English

Topic: Primary Care and Health Outcomes

Subfield: Family Practice

Field: Medicine

Domain: Health Sciences

SDG: Good health and well-being

Open Access status: green

OpenAlex ID: W203757875

FWCI: 4.302

Cites: 79

Cited by: 72

Related to: 10