Advances in health care management / edited by Myron D. Fottler, Grant T. Savage, John D. Blair ; assistant editor G. Tyge Payne.

Includes bibliographical references.

Theoretical perspectives on the field of health care management -- Complexity science and health care management -- Integration as networks and systems: a strategic stakeholder analysis -- Understanding the meaning of health care management research through the use of a cognitive mapping approach -- Role and impact of managed care -- Managed care and medical practice guidelines: the thorny problem of attaining physician compliance -- Managed care and drug treatment practices: a model of organizational response to external influence -- Strategic importance of open access for HMOs in a competitive environment -- Evolution of the health professions -- Reshaping health professions in the new marketplace -- Physician executives: the evolution and impact of a hybrid profession -- Understanding physicians' intentions to withdraw from practice: the role of job satisfaction, job stress, mental and physical health -- Enhancing health care organizational performance -- Total quality management in health care: a goal setting approach -- Strategy, structure and performance in nursing facilities -- Longitudinal study of work group innovation: the importance of transformational leadership and morale -- Challenge of interpreting performance in health care: a study of intensive care units in Norwegian hospitals.