Advances in health care management / edited by Grant T. Savage, John D. Blair, Myron D. Fottler.

Includes bibliographical references.

Special research forum on management issues in nursing -- Nurse staffing and nursing performance: a review and synthesis of the relevant literature -- Benefits of staffing and paying more: the effects of staffing levels and wage practices for registered nurses on hospitals' average lengths of stay -- Impact of workplace empowerment, organizational trust on staff nurses' work satisfaction and organizational commitment -- Managing routine exceptions: a model of nurse problem solving behavior -- Clinical and technological issues in health care management -- Population health management in theory and practice -- Emotions, the neglected side of patient-centered health care management: the case of emergency department patients waiting to see a physician -- Innovation in medical devices and medical electronics: are European regulations and practices shifting innovation to Europe? -- Organizational and strategic issues in health care management -- Managers' perceptions of hospital capabilities: a theoretical and empirical study -- Management of academic health centers: the past, present, and future -- Strategic change/organizational ecology based theory of post-bankruptcy performance in healthcare firms -- From stakeholder management strategies to stakeholder management styles: serendipitous research on organizational configurations.